C. P. Snow, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

C. P. Snow

British writer

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1905

Place of Birth: Leicester, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Jul-1980

Profession: writer, politician, physicist, literary critic, novelist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow, CBE (15 October 1905 – 1 July 1980) was an English novelist and physical chemist who also served in several important positions in the British Civil Service and briefly in the UK government.
He is best known for his series of novels known collectively as Strangers and Brothers, and for The Two Cultures, a 1959 lecture in which he laments the gulf between scientists and "literary intellectuals".