Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor | |
---|---|
![]() Leigh Fermor in 1966 | |
Born | Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor 11 February 1915 London, England |
Died | 10 June 2011 Dumbleton, England | (aged 96)
Occupation | Author, scholar and soldier |
Nationality | British |
Genre | Travel |
Notable works | A Time of Gifts, Abducting a General |
Notable awards | Knight Bachelor; Distinguished Service Order; Officer of the Order of the British Empire |
Spouse | |
Military career | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | ![]() |
Years of service | 1940–1946 |
Rank | Major |
Battles/wars | Second World War |
Awards | Distinguished Service Order Officer of the Order of the British Empire |
Sir Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor DSO OBE (11 February 1915 – 10 June 2011) was an English writer, scholar, soldier and polyglot.[1] He played a prominent role in the Cretan resistance during the Second World War,[2] and was widely seen as Britain's greatest living travel writer, on the basis of books such as A Time of Gifts (1977).[3] A BBC journalist once termed him "a cross between Indiana Jones, James Bond and Graham Greene".[4]
telegraph-obit
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).