Richard Armstrong (author), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 18-Jun-1903
Place of Birth: Walbottle, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 30-May-1986
Profession: writer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Richard Armstrong (author)
- Richard Armstrong (18 June 1903 – 30 May 1986) was an English author who wrote for both adults and children.
- Most of his books were novels set at sea, or sea stories.
- For one of those, Sea Change, he won the 1948 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject.
- He is also known for a biography of Grace Darling in which he challenges the conventional story: Grace Darling: Maid and Myth (1965).
- He is often described on the cover of his books as "author and mariner".
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