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John A. Spillane

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Johnathan McClain

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Johnathan Rand

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Johnathan Strahan

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John Atkinson

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John A. Tracy

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John A. T. Robinson

John Robinson was born in Canterbury, England, the son of a Canon of the Cathedral. He read the classics and theology at Cambridge, and then entered Westcott House to prepare for ordination. In 1946 he earned his doctorate in theology. He was summoned to Woolwich where he taught at Wells Theological College and then he moved to Clare College, Cambridge, where he became Dean in 1951. His first book, In the End, God, was published in 1950. In 1959, he became became Anglican Bishop of Woolwich. He came into public awareness in the United Kingdom in 1960 when he testified for Penguin Books in favor of the publication of Lady Chatterley's Lover before a commission seeking to ban the novel. In 1962, while recovering from a back injury, he wrote the book "Honest to God" which questioned traditional theism and started an international discussion about theology. He became a lecturer at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was later appointed the Dean of Trinity College, a position he held until his death. He was considered a major force in shaping liberal Christian theology. Along with Harvard theologian Harvey Cox, he spearheaded the field of secular theology and, like William Barclay, he was a believer in universal salvation.

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John Aubrey

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John August

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John Aurie Dean

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John Austin

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John Austin White

former chancellor, University of Arkansas, professor of engineering

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John A. Van de Walle

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John Avison

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John Backus

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John Baddeley

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John Bailey Calvert Nicklin

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John Baille

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John Baines

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John Ball

The son of a scientist, John Dudley Ball was born in Schenectady, New York, and grew up in Milwaukee. He attended Carroll College in Wisconsin. He subsequently worked as a science staff writer on Fortune, a music critic and feature writer for the Brooklyn Eagle, a daily columnist on the New York World-Telegram & Sun, a broadcaster for a Washington radio station, and a Director of Public Relations for the Institute of Aerospace Sciences. His In the Heat of the Night was awarded a Mystery Writers of America "Edgar" for the Best First Mystery Novel of the Year, and since had been followed by The Cool Cottontail, also featuring his African-American detective, Virgil Tibbs. Mr. Ball also authored a number of notable young adult books.

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John Banks

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John Banville

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John Barber

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John Barell

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John Barnes

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John Barrow

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John Barth

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John Battelle

American writer on technology

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John Bayley

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John Baylis

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John Bazley

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John B. Carlin

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John B. Carroll

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John B. Cullen

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John Bear

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John Becker

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John Beckford

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John Bedford Lloyd

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John Bellairs

<b><a href="http://bellairsia.com">John Bellairs</a></b> (1938–1991) was an American novelist working primarily in the Gothic genre. He is best-known for the children's classic <i>The House with a Clock in its Walls</i> 1973) and for the pathbreaking fantasy novel <i>The Face in the Frost</i> (1969). Bellairs held a bachelor's degree from Notre Dame University and a master's in English from the University of Chicago. He combined writing and teaching from 1963 to 1971, including a year at <a href="http://shimer.edu">Shimer College</a> that coincided with that school's storied <a href="http://www.bellairsia.com/the_life/il/gis.html">Grotesque Internecine Struggle</a>. After 1971, he took up writing as his full-time work. (from <a href="http://shimercollege.wikia.com/John_Bellairs">Shimer College Wiki</a>)

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John Belton

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John Bemelmans Marciano

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John Bentley Mays

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John Benton

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John Berendt

The son of two writers, John Berendt grew up in Syracuse, New York. He earned a B.A. in English from Harvard University, where he worked on the staff of The Harvard Lampoon. After graduating in 1961, he moved to New York City to pursue a career in publishing. He was editor of New York magazine from 1977 to 1979, and wrote a monthly column for Esquire from 1982 to 1994.

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John Berger

John Peter Berger (5 November 1926 – 2 January 2017) was an English art critic, novelist, painter and poet. His novel G. won the 1972 Booker Prize, and his essay on art criticism Ways of Seeing, written as an accompaniment to the BBC series of the same name, is often used as a university text. He lived in France for over fifty years. Source: John Berger on Wikipedia.

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