Dornford Yates
Writer and novelist
Cecil William Mercer, known by his pen name Dornford Yates, was an English writer and novelist whose novels and short stories, some humorous, some thrillers, were best-sellers during the Interwar Period. Wikipedia
Born: August 7, 1885, Walmer, United Kingdom
Died: March 5, 1960 (age 74 years), Mutare, Zimbabwe
Movies: She Fell Among Thieves
Spouse: Doreen Elizabeth Lucie Bowie (m. 1934–1960) and Bettine Stokes Edwards (m. 1919–1933)
Parents: Cecil John Mercer and Helen Wall
Years of service: 1914–1919
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