Education
-Dragon School
-Shrewsbury School
-Balliol College, Oxford
-Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
-Dragon School
-Shrewsbury School
-Balliol College, Oxford
-Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
Began career as aeronautical designer and engineer with De Havilland Aircraft Company, 1922-1924. Chief calculator with Airship Guarantee Company, 1924-1928, deputy chief engineer, 1928-1930. Managing director Airspeed Ltd., airplanes, 1930-1938.
First novels public 1926. Writing only since 1938.
Shute's works can be divided into three sequential thematic categories: Prewar; War; and Australia.
Landfall: A Channel Story
Pastoral
The Chequer Board
No Highway
The Far Country
Marazan
Served as private Suffolk Regiment (infantry), 1918. Member Church of England. Clubs: Oxford and Cambridge (London).
