Category:John Alexander Hammerton

**John Alexander Hammerton**
	British journalist and writer (1871-1949)
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Date of birth	27 February 1871; Alexandria
Date of death	12 May 1949; Mayfair (Mayfair Hotel in Westminster, London)
Country of citizenship	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; United Kingdom;
Occupation	writer; journalist; author; editor;
Field of work	literature; journalism;
Spouse	Janet Alexander (1949–1949);
Award received	Knight Bachelor (1932);
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	Q6218580; ISNI: 0000000110297846; VIAF ID: 76432449; GND ID: 124703445; Library of Congress authority ID: n50019978; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 125642331; IdRef ID: 061053058; NDL Authority ID: 001101090; Libraries Australia ID: 35166739; NL CR AUT ID: mzk2015857498; National Library of Israel ID (old): 000293849; Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 069819971; NUKAT ID: n99012772; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID: 37505; National Library of Korea ID: KAC200900693; PLWABN ID: 9810585868505606; National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007308398605171; SBN author ID: TO0V475921; Open Library ID: OL1963932A
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English: Sir John Alexander Hammerton (born 27 February 1871 in Alexandria, Scotland; died 12 May 1949 in London) is described by the Dictionary of National Biography as "the most successful creator of large-scale works of reference that Britain has known".