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🎂 John Christopher - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday
Currently, John Christopher is 102 years, 7 months and 6 days old. John Christopher will celebrate 103rd birthday on a Wednesday 16th of April 2025. Below we countdown to John Christopher upcoming birthday.
| Popular As |
John Christopher |
| Occupation |
Novelist |
| Age |
102 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Aries |
| Born |
April 16, 1922 (England) |
| Birthday |
April 16 |
| Town/City |
England |
| Nationality |
England |
🌙 Zodiac
John Christopher’s zodiac sign is Aries. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs
John Christopher was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
About
Born Sam Youd and better known by his pen name John Christopher, this Guardian Prize-winning science fiction writer most notably penned the 1956 work The Death of Grass and the 1960s young adult series The Tripods.
Before Fame
After serving during the early 1940s in the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals, he published his debut novel The Winter Swan.
Trivia
He was the 1976 recipient of the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (a German prize for young adult fiction).
Family Life
He was born in Huyton, Lancashire, England, and he studied at Peter Symonds' School in Winchester, Hampshire, England.
Associated With
No Blade of Grass, the 1970 cinematic adaptation of Christopher's book The Death of Grass, stars Nigel Davenport as protagonist John Custance.
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