Gordon Snell
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| birth_date = 1932<ref>[https://www.rte.ie/radio/podcasts/22077835-gordon-snell Gordon Snell] Brendan O'Connor Podcasts, Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) March 26, 2022</ref>
| birth_date = 1932<ref>[https://www.rte.ie/radio/podcasts/22077835-gordon-snell Gordon Snell] Brendan O'Connor Podcasts, Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) March 26, 2022</ref>
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'''Gordon Thomas Frederick Snell'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gnet.tgc.vic.edu.au/wiki/SNELL-Gordon-Thomas-Frederick-1932|title=SNELL, Gordon Thomas Frederick (1932- )|website=Gnet.tgc.vic.edu.au|access-date=29 April 2026}}</ref> is a British author of [[children's literature]]<ref>{{cite news|first=Donal|last=Lynch|url=http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/donal-lynch-maeve-stirred-up-love-with-a-long-spoon-3189914.html|title=Donal Lynch: Maeve stirred up love with a long spoon . . . (She was held in great affection, but even in Ireland the compliments could be backhanded)|newspaper=Sunday Independent|publisher=Independent News & Media|date=5 August 2012|access-date=5 August 2012}}</ref> and scriptwriter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dalkeybookfestival.org/gordon-snell/|title=Gordon Snell|work=Dalkey Book Festival}}</ref> He was married to Irish author [[Maeve Binchy]] from 1977 until her death in 2012.<ref name="maeveobit">{{cite news|first=Patsy|last=McGarry|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2012/0731/1224321158054.html|title=Maeve Binchy, best-loved writer of her generation, dies aged 72|newspaper=The Irish Times|publisher=Irish Times Trust|date=31 July 2012|access-date=31 July 2012|archive-date=31 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731033946/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2012/0731/1224321158054.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He lived in the home that he shared with his late wife in [[Dalkey]], outside of [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]].<ref>Neligan, Orla - [https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/book-news/maeve-and-me-gordon-snell-opens-the-binchy-family-album-37978959.html Maeve and me: Gordon Snell opens the Binchy family album.] Irish Independent, April 6, 2019</ref> '''Gordon Thomas Frederick Snell'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gnet.tgc.vic.edu.au/wiki/SNELL-Gordon-Thomas-Frederick-1932|title=SNELL, Gordon Thomas Frederick (1932- )|website=Gnet.tgc.vic.edu.au|access-date=29 April 2026}}</ref> was a British author of [[children's literature]]<ref>{{cite news|first=Donal|last=Lynch|url=http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/donal-lynch-maeve-stirred-up-love-with-a-long-spoon-3189914.html|title=Donal Lynch: Maeve stirred up love with a long spoon . . . (She was held in great affection, but even in Ireland the compliments could be backhanded)|newspaper=Sunday Independent|publisher=Independent News & Media|date=5 August 2012|access-date=5 August 2012}}</ref> and scriptwriter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dalkeybookfestival.org/gordon-snell/|title=Gordon Snell|work=Dalkey Book Festival}}</ref> He was married to Irish author [[Maeve Binchy]] from 1977 until her death in 2012.<ref name="maeveobit">{{cite news|first=Patsy|last=McGarry|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2012/0731/1224321158054.html|title=Maeve Binchy, best-loved writer of her generation, dies aged 72|newspaper=The Irish Times|publisher=Irish Times Trust|date=31 July 2012|access-date=31 July 2012|archive-date=31 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731033946/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2012/0731/1224321158054.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He lived in the home that he shared with his late wife in [[Dalkey]], outside of [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]].<ref>Neligan, Orla - [https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/book-news/maeve-and-me-gordon-snell-opens-the-binchy-family-album-37978959.html Maeve and me: Gordon Snell opens the Binchy family album.] Irish Independent, April 6, 2019</ref>
==Early life== ==Early life==
'''Gordon Thomas Frederick Snell'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gnet.tgc.vic.edu.au/wiki/SNELL-Gordon-Thomas-Frederick-1932|title=SNELL, Gordon Thomas Frederick (1932- )|website=Gnet.tgc.vic.edu.au|access-date=29 April 2026}}</ref> is a British author of [[children's literature]]<ref>{{cite news|first=Donal|last=Lynch|url=http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/donal-lynch-maeve-stirred-up-love-with-a-long-spoon-3189914.html|title=Donal Lynch: Maeve stirred up love with a long spoon . . . (She was held in great affection, but even in Ireland the compliments could be backhanded)|newspaper=Sunday Independent|publisher=Independent News & Media|date=5 August 2012|access-date=5 August 2012}}</ref> and scriptwriter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dalkeybookfestival.org/gordon-snell/|title=Gordon Snell|work=Dalkey Book Festival}}</ref> He was married to Irish author [[Maeve Binchy]] from 1977 until her death in 2012.<ref name="maeveobit">{{cite news|first=Patsy|last=McGarry|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2012/0731/1224321158054.html|title=Maeve Binchy, best-loved writer of her generation, dies aged 72|newspaper=The Irish Times|publisher=Irish Times Trust|date=31 July 2012|access-date=31 July 2012|archive-date=31 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731033946/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2012/0731/1224321158054.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He lived in the home that he shared with his late wife in [[Dalkey]], outside of [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]].<ref>Neligan, Orla - [https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/book-news/maeve-and-me-gordon-snell-opens-the-binchy-family-album-37978959.html Maeve and me: Gordon Snell opens the Binchy family album.] Irish Independent, April 6, 2019</ref> '''Gordon Thomas Frederick Snell'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gnet.tgc.vic.edu.au/wiki/SNELL-Gordon-Thomas-Frederick-1932|title=SNELL, Gordon Thomas Frederick (1932- )|website=Gnet.tgc.vic.edu.au|access-date=29 April 2026}}</ref> was a British author of [[children's literature]]<ref>{{cite news|first=Donal|last=Lynch|url=http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/donal-lynch-maeve-stirred-up-love-with-a-long-spoon-3189914.html|title=Donal Lynch: Maeve stirred up love with a long spoon . . . (She was held in great affection, but even in Ireland the compliments could be backhanded)|newspaper=Sunday Independent|publisher=Independent News & Media|date=5 August 2012|access-date=5 August 2012}}</ref> and scriptwriter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dalkeybookfestival.org/gordon-snell/|title=Gordon Snell|work=Dalkey Book Festival}}</ref> He was married to Irish author [[Maeve Binchy]] from 1977 until her death in 2012.<ref name="maeveobit">{{cite news|first=Patsy|last=McGarry|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2012/0731/1224321158054.html|title=Maeve Binchy, best-loved writer of her generation, dies aged 72|newspaper=The Irish Times|publisher=Irish Times Trust|date=31 July 2012|access-date=31 July 2012|archive-date=31 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731033946/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2012/0731/1224321158054.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He lived in the home that he shared with his late wife in [[Dalkey]], outside of [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]].<ref>Neligan, Orla - [https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/book-news/maeve-and-me-gordon-snell-opens-the-binchy-family-album-37978959.html Maeve and me: Gordon Snell opens the Binchy family album.] Irish Independent, April 6, 2019</ref>
==Early life== ==Early life==