Nevil Shute
Known For: Writing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: January 17, 1899
Day of Death: January 12, 1960 (61 years old)
Place of Birth: Ealing, Middlesex, England
Nevil Shute Norway was an English novelist and aeronautical engineer who spent his later years in Australia. He used his full name in his engineering career and Nevil Shute as his pen name to protect his engineering career from inferences by his employers (Vickers) or fellow engineers that he was not a serious person or from potential negative publicity in connection with his novels, which included On the Beach and A Town Like Alice.
