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John Mortimer. Sir John Clifford Mortimer, CBE, QC (* 21. April 1923 in London; † 16. Januar 2009 in Turville Heath, nahe Henley-on-Thames [1]) war ein britischer Anwalt (Barrister) und Schriftsteller.
John Mortimer was a British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author, best known for his stories about Horace Rumpole. He also wrote plays, novels, memoirs and legal essays, and defended publishers in obscenity trials.
17. Jan. 2009 · A profile of John Mortimer, who died in 2009 at 85, a lawyer, writer and champion of free speech. He was known for his defence of obscenity cases, his wit and his creation of Horace Rumpole, a fictional defence lawyer.
Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It starred Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, a middle-aged London barrister who defended a broad variety of clients, often underdogs.
Learn about Sir John Mortimer, an English barrister and writer who wrote plays, novels, and autobiographical works. He was known for his legal cases, his adaptation of Brideshead Revisited, and his character Horace Rumpole.
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17. Jan. 2009 · A tribute to the creator of Rumpole of the Bailey and a champion of free speech and culture. Learn about his life, career, books, plays, films and political views from this 2009 article.
17. Jan. 2009 · John Mortimer, barrister, author, playwright and creator of Horace Rumpole, the cunning defender of the British criminal classes, died on Friday at his home in Oxfordshire, England. He was 85....
