John Mortimer Writer

Sir John Clifford Mortimer, CBE, QC (21 April 1923 – 16 January 2009) was an English barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author.

Personal facts

Birth date	April 21, 1923
Birth name	John Clifford Mortimer
Birth place	London , Hampstead
Date of death	January 16, 2009
Place of death	Turville , Buckinghamshire
Education	Brasenose College Oxford
Education	Dragon School Harrow School
Spouse	Penelope Mortimer
Children	Wendy Craig Jeremy Mortimer Emily Mortimer Sally Silverman

award	Knight Bachelor Queen's Counsel Order of the British Empire
notable work	A Voyage Round My Father Rumpole of the Bailey The Summer of a Dormouse: A Year of Growing Old Disgracefully