George MacDonald Fraser

George MacDonald Fraser was a British screenwriter, novelist, autobiographer, journalist and writer (1925–2008). He was born at Carlisle and died at Douglas.

George MacDonald Fraser in brief

Born
1925
Died
2008
Known for
screenwriter, novelist, autobiographer, journalist and writer
Place of birth
Carlisle
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Recognition and collections

George MacDonald Fraser received Officer of the Order of the British Empire and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Catalogued works

61 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1800 to 2003.

Black Ajax. Flash for Freedom! Flashman's Lady. Flashman and the Angel of the Lord. Flashman and the Dragon. Flashman and the Mountain of Light. Flashman and the Redskins. Flashman and the Tiger. Flashman in the Great Game. Flashman on the March. Flashman at the Charge. McAuslan in the Rough. The Flashman Papers. Quartered Safe Out Here. Royal Flash. The Candlemass Road. The General Danced at Dawn. The Hollywood History of the World. The Light's on at Signpost. The Pyrates. The Reavers. The Sheikh and the Dustbin. The Steel Bonnets. Flashman. Mr American. Captain in Calico. Flashman Papers. Flashman, Tome 2 : Hussard de Sa Majesté. Flashman Papers 3-Book Collection 3. Flashman Papers 3-Book Collection 2. Flashman Papers 3-Book Collection 4 Bks. 10-12. Flashman Papers 3-Book Collection 1 Bks. 1-3. Tom Brown's School Days and Flashman. Flashman Companion. Complete Mcauslan, dated 2001. Light's on at Signpost, dated 2002. Flashman and the tiger and other extracts from The Flashman Papers, dated 1999. The general danced at dawn and other stories, dated 1973. The Sheikh and the Dustbin and Other McAuslan Stories, dated 1988. The Steel Bonnets The Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers, dated 1971. Flashman's Lady (Flashman), dated 1979. McAuslan in the rough, and other stories, dated 1974. Mr. American, dated 1980. Flash for freedom! from the Flashman papers, 1848-1849, dated 1971. Flashman from the Flashman Papers 1839-1842, dated 1992. Flashman's first omnibus, dated 1979. Flashman and the Dragon (Flashman), dated 1987. Language Disordered Child. The World of the public school. Official Welcome, dated 2003, color video, sound; 29 min. loop, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2008.86. Museum Highlights: A Gallery Talk, dated 1989, single-channel video, color, sound; 29 min., held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2008.82. May I Help You? (in cooperation with Allan McCollum), dated 1991, color video, sound; 19 min. loop, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2008.83. Inaugural Speech, dated 1997, color video, sound; 27 min. loop, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2008.85. The End of the Trail, dated 1918, bronze, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1991.325. Welcome to the Wadsworth: A Museum Tour, dated 1991, color video, sound; 25 min. loop, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2008.84. Ramsay and Fraser: Notes on Silt and Shade in the Control of Malaria in Assam, dated 1930, held by Wellcome Collection. General Correspondence (Fi-Fra), dated 1951-1983, held by Wellcome Collection. General Correspondence, dated 1930-1986, held by Wellcome Collection. Obituaries and tributes, dated c.1940s-1960s, held by Wellcome Collection. Bookplates. Approx. 500 engravings and lithographs., dated [between 1800 and 1899 - between 1900 and 1999], held by Wellcome Collection. Private Letter Book, dated October 1894 - February 1895, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 15 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Fraser, George MacDonald, (2 April 1925–2 Jan. 2008), author and journalist, Who Was Who, 2007. Mr. American by George MacDonald Fraser, Western American Literature, 1982. George MacDonald Fraser, Royal Flash, ‘the course of history’, Shadows of the Past in Contemporary British Fiction, 1984. Fraser, George Gordon, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Fraser, Eric George, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011.

Digitised editions and texts

10 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Flash for Freedom! (1971) — Internet Archive. Royal Flash from the Flashman Papers (1970) — Internet Archive. Flashman in the Great Game (1977) — Internet Archive. Flash for freedom (1973) — Internet Archive. Flashman at the Charge (1974) — Internet Archive. Quartered safe out here (1993) — Internet Archive. The steel bonnets. (1972) — Internet Archive. Royal Flash 1975 (1975) — Internet Archive. The Steel Bonnets (2001) — Internet Archive. Flash for Freedom! From the Flashman Papers 1848-1849 (1971) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 18 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

George MacDonald Fraser studied at Trinity School and The Glasgow Academy. the recorded working language is English.

Membership is recorded of Royal Society of Literature.

Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Order of the British Empire and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Chronology

  1. 1925George MacDonald Fraser born at Carlisle.
  2. 1970Royal Flash from the Flashman Papers digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1971Flash for Freedom! digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1973Flash for freedom digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1974Flashman at the Charge digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1977Flashman in the Great Game digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1993Quartered safe out here digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 2008George MacDonald Fraser died at Douglas.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “George MacDonald Fraser”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q965456: George MacDonald Fraser

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