John Anthony Bowden Cuddon (2 June 1928 – 12 March 1996), was an English author, dictionary writer, and school teacher. He is known best for his ''Dictionary of Literary Terms'' (published in several editions), described by the
Times Educational Supplement
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as ‘scholarly, succinct, comprehensive and entertaining…an indispensable work of reference.’ Cuddon also wrote ''The Macmillan Dictionary of Sport and Games'', a two million-word account of most of the world's sports and games through history, as well as several novels, plays,
travel books
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, and other
published
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works. Cuddon's ''The Owl's Watchsong'' was a study of
Istanbul
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[Richard Stoneman, ''Across the Hellespoint: A Literary Guide to Turkey''. London; Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2010 , (p. 240).]
Cuddon also edited two important anthologies of
supernatural fiction
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Description
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– ''The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories'' and ''The Penguin Book of Horror Stories'' (both 1984).
In his distinguished teaching career at
Emanuel School
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in London, England, he taught
English
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. He also coached
rugby
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Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
** Rugby league: 13 players per side
*** Masters Rugby League
*** Mod league
*** Rugby league nines
*** Rugby league sevens
*** Touch (sport)
*** Wheelchair rugby league
** Rugby union: 1 ...
and
cricket
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.
Bibliography
Novels
''A Multitude of Sins'' (1961)
''Testament of Iscariot'' (1962)
''The Acts of Darkness'' (1963)
''The Six Wounds'' (1964)
''The Bride of Battersea'' (1967)
Non-fiction
''The Owl's Watchsong'' (1960)
''The Companion Guide to Jugoslavia'' (1974)
''A Dictionary of Literary Terms'' (1977)
''The Macmillan Dictionary of Sport and Games'' (1980)
''The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories'' (1984) (editor)
''The Penguin Book of Horror Stories'' (1984) (editor)
References
External links
* Obituary
The Independent 16 March 1996.
* Obituary: ''
The Times
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'', 15 March 1996.
* Cuddon, J. A. (revised by C. E. Preston), ''Dictionary of Literary Terms & Literary Theory'', 4th ed. .
1928 births
1996 deaths
English rugby union coaches
English writers
British writers
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