Crichton, Michael
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dspace.entity.type | Person | |
person.familyName | Crichton | |
person.givenName | Michael | |
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thing.description | Michael Crichton (1942-2008) was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. He was a well-known writer, usually dealing with themes such as scientific research, genetic engineering, biotechnology, zoology and biology in his works, most notably in Jurassic Park (1990), which received the famous film adaptation of the same name in 1993, directed by Steven Spielberg. Crichton was also a film director (Westworld, 1973; Coma, 1978; The First Great Train Robbery, 1978; among others) and received an M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1969, although he never practiced medicine. |