Thomas Armstrong (author), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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novelist
Date of Birth: 03-Sep-1899
Place of Birth: Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001
Profession: novelist
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Thomas Armstrong (author)
- Thomas Armstrong (3 September 1899 – 1978) was a Leeds-born novelist.
- He is best known for a series of popular novels set in Yorkshire, including the best-selling The Crowthers of Bankdam.His parents were from mill-owning families.
- After attending Queen Elizabeth School, Wakefield, he studied at the Royal Naval College, Keyham, followed by service in the Royal Navy during the First World War.
- He married in 1930 and then began writing novels.
- He achieved success with the immediately popular The Crowthers of Bankdam that was soon made into a film (Master of Bankdam).
- The couple lived in Yorkshire, initially in the West Riding and then in Swaledale for 30 years.
- Throughout his life he avoided personal publicity.
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