Roderick Thorp

Roderick Thorp was an American writer, university teacher, novelist, actor and screenwriter (1936–1999). He was born at The Bronx and died at Oxnard.

Also recorded as Roderick Mayne Thorp, Jr..

Roderick Thorp in brief

Born
1936
Died
1999
Known for
writer, university teacher, novelist, actor and screenwriter
Place of birth
The Bronx
Contents

Catalogued works

22 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 1790 to 1995.

John McClane. Die Hard, dated 1988. Hans Gruber. Al Powell. Nothing Lasts Forever. The Detective. Rainbow drive. Westfield. Wives, dated 1971. River, dated 1995. Hot Pursuit. The circle of love, dated 1974. Into the forest, dated 1961. Jenny and Barnum, dated 1981. The music of their laughter, dated 1970. Devlin, dated 1992. Slaves, dated 1972. Dionysus, dated 1969. Bowl, dated 1948–60, glass, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1990.108. Vase, dated 1940–42, glass, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1981.9. Goblet, dated 1940–55, glass, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1990.109. Thomas Hodgkin MD (1798-1866), dated 1790-1872, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

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

The Art Institute of Chicago: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Digitised editions and texts

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

The detective (1966) — Internet Archive. Slaves (1972) — Internet Archive. Into the forest (1961) — Internet Archive. wives: an investigation (1971) — Internet Archive. westfield (1977) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 16 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 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1936Roderick Thorp born at The Bronx.
  2. 1961Into the forest digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1966The detective digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1971wives: an investigation digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1972Slaves digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1977westfield digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1988Die Hard.
  8. 1999Roderick Thorp died at Oxnard.

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.

    “Roderick Thorp”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1399272: Roderick Thorp

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