J.B. Priestley

J.B. Priestley was born John Priestley on 13 September 1894, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He served in the British Army during the First World War before studying at Trinity College, Cambridge. He became a novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator. His plays include Dangerous Corner, Time and the Conways, I Have Been Here Before, When We Are Married, Music at Night, Johnson Over Jordan, Eden End, They Came to a City, An Inspector Calls, The Linden Tree, The Glass Cage, and A Severed Head (adapted from Iris Murdoch’s novel). He was awarded the Order of Merit. He died on 14 August 1984.