Paddy Leigh Fermor

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:Order_of_the_Phoenix_(Greece)
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Order
gptkbp:birthDate 1915-02-11
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:London
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Kardamyli,_Greece
gptkbp:deathDate 2011-06-10
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Dumbleton,_Worcestershire,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:King's_School,_Canterbury
gptkbp:friendOf gptkb:Bruce_Chatwin
gptkb:Deborah_Devonshire
gptkb:Lawrence_Durrell
gptkbp:fullName Sir Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor
gptkbp:genre gptkb:memoir
gptkb:travel_literature
history
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Paddy Leigh Fermor
gptkbp:influenced travel writers
gptkbp:influencedBy Greek culture
Byzantine history
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:kidnapping_of_General_Kreipe
gptkbp:language gptkb:Greek
English
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:Major
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:British_Army
gptkb:Special_Operations_Executive
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:A_Time_of_Gifts
gptkb:Between_the_Woods_and_the_Water
gptkb:Mani:_Travels_in_the_Southern_Peloponnese
gptkb:Roumeli:_Travels_in_Northern_Greece
gptkb:The_Broken_Road
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:scholar
gptkb:soldier
gptkb:writer
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Kardamyli,_Greece
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Joan_Elizabeth_Rayner
gptkbp:subjectOf BBC Radio 4 features
biography by Artemis Cooper
numerous literary articles
documentary 'Patrick Leigh Fermor: A Life in Pictures'
gptkbp:title gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkbp:travelledAcross Europe on foot (1933–1935)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Paddy_&_Joan_Leigh_Fermor_Arts_Fund
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8