Colin Dexter
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| Born | Norman Colin Dexter 29 September 1930 Stamford, Lincolnshire, England |
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| Died | 21 March 2017 (aged 86) Oxford, England |
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| Occupation | Novelist | ||
| Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge | ||
| Genre | Crime fiction | ||
| Notable works | Inspector Morse series | ||
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Norman Colin Dexter, OBE (29 September 1930 – 21 March 2017), better known as Colin Dexter, was an English crime writer known for his Inspector Morse series of novels, which were written between 1975 and 1999 and adapted as an ITV television series, Inspector Morse, from 1987 to 2000. His characters have spawned a sequel series, Lewis, and a prequel series, Endeavour.
Norman Colin Dexter was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, to Alfred and Dorothy Dexter, and was educated at St. John's Infants School, Bluecoat Junior School and Stamford School, a boys' public school, where one of his contemporaries was the England international cricket captain and England international rugby player M. J. K. Smith. Dexter had a brother, John Alfred Dexter, a fellow classicist, who taught Classics at The King's School, Peterborough, and a sister, Avril. Alfred Dexter ran a small garage and taxi company from premises in Scotgate, Stamford.
Whilst at Bluecoat Junior School, Dexter recalled a wartime air raid where, following the sounding of the all-clear, a German Messerschmitt fighter appeared above the school and machine-gunned the playground, leaving a zig-zag pattern towards the properties opposite. At Stamford School, he played cricket, tennis and hockey and was a member of the school 1st XV rugby team in 1948. After completing his national service with the Royal Corps of Signals, he read Classics at Christ's College, Cambridge, graduating in 1953 and receiving a master's degree in 1958.
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