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J.B. Priestley
Early Life
John Boynton Priestley, known as J.B. Priestley in the literary world, was a renowned English writer, social commentator, and playwright. He was born on 13the September 1894, in Yorkshire in England.
He was a bright son of Jonathan Priestley, a headmaster, while his mother, Emma, was a housewife.
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Unfortunately, his mother died when he was just two years old, leaving his father to remarry Amy Fletcher in 1898, whom Priestley described as a loving stepmother.
Education
Priestley started his formal education at Lane Primary School.
Later, he earned a scholarship and got admission in Belle Vue High School. At sixteen, he left school and started working as a clerk in a wool manufacturing firm in Bradford. During these years, he started giving voice to his ideas by writing articles at night and having them published in the local newspaper, The Bradford Pioneer.
Later, on the outbreak of WWI, he joined the army. During his service in the army, he was posted in