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11 unusual facts about Bill Bryson


Bill Brison

For the writer with a similar name see Bill Bryson

Charlie Connelly

Connelly's writing exhibits a self-deprecating humour and love of eccentricity that echoes the style of Bill Bryson.

Karl Friedrich Schimper

Bill Bryson states in his book A Short History of Nearly Everything that Karl Schimper originated the idea of glaciation and proposed the radical idea that ice sheets had once covered much of Europe, Asia, and North America.

Michael Bryson

Michael G. Bryson (August 22, 1942 - May 22, 2012) is a former news and sports reporter and editor from Des Moines, Iowa and the elder brother of travel writer Bill Bryson.

Neil Humphreys

The title of the book is ostensibly a nodding reference to Bill Bryson's Notes from a Small Island, a travel book about Humphreys' native land, Britain.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

She also quoted Bill Bryson's Notes from a Small Island: "Why, it's wonderful - a perfect little city... If you have never been to Durham, go there at once. Take my car. It's wonderful."

Shakespeare: The World as Stage

Shakespeare: The World as Stage is a biography of William Shakespeare by author Bill Bryson.

Shark Arm case

Bill Bryson mentions this case in his book Down Under (known as In a Sunburned Country in the U.S.), but wrongly implies that the arm belonged to a swimmer who was eaten by the shark.

The Ascent of Rum Doodle

A new edition was released in 2001 with an introduction by the contemporary humorist Bill Bryson.

White Cliffs, New South Wales

White Cliffs was one of the many places visited by Bill Bryson in research for the book In a Sunburned Country.

Wramplingham

The renowned author Bill Bryson lives in the old rectory, which is screened by trees from the village.


Granada Studios Tour

Bill Bryson visited the Tours and talked about it in his book Notes from a Small Island.

Pella, Iowa

In his 1989 book, The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America, travel author Bill Bryson stops in Pella, recounting his childhood visits to the town, and remarking different aspects of the town with his usual wry humor.

Retford railway station

Bill Bryson comments of Retford station, in his book Notes from a Small Island, that it is shown on railway maps in a typeface (and large filled circle graphic) marking it as equivalent to much more notable cities in northern England, and he therefore deemed it worth a visit.

Winfield, Iowa

The travel writer Bill Bryson, in his book The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America, visits Winfield while retracing his childhood family holidays.