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Richard Alexander Steuart Gordon (18 May 1947 – 7 February 2009) was a Scottish author born in Banff, Scotland who wrote numerous science fiction novels, encyclopedias, and travel guides. Gordon's novels are noted for their mix of historical fact and creative fictionalized events. == Life == Gordon was brought up and educated in Buckie and Perthshire. His family's home is located at the Cairnfield estate near Arradoul. Gordon studied history at Newcastle University and was offered post-graduate work, but instead he accepted a job as a market researcher. He later left this position and made a career as a writer. After many years of writing, Gordon moved to London, where he took a course in teaching English as a foreign language. Gordon began teaching abroad in his 50s.〔 He first taught in Poland,〔 and then in 2003 he relocated to China.〔 Gordon collapsed at the Lianhua Road Subway Station in the Shanghai Metro of a heart attack and died in hospital on February 7, 2009.〔〔 〕 He had been teaching at Shanghai High School International Division since 2005.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Gordon (Scottish author)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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