{"name": "Charles Whiting", "bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Renowned British military historian and novelist, Charles Whiting fought with the British and American armies in 1944 and 1945. He has turned his first-hand experience fighting in the European Theatre of WWII into over 300 best selling books under a number of pen-names (and some actually using his own). \r\n\r\nIn December of 2006, he celebrated his 80TH birthday with his wife Gill, and 80 close friends near his home in York."}, "photograph": "/static/files//179/OL32857A_photograph_1216564083242179.jpg", "personal_name": "Charles Whiting", "death_date": "2007", "alternate_names": ["Leo Kessler"], "photos": [3364224], "birth_date": "1926", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "entity_type": "Writer", "remote_ids": {"viaf": "49236672", "wikidata": "Q3374340", "isni": "0000000107990922", "goodreads": "147628"}, "key": "/authors/OL32857A", "latest_revision": 7, "revision": 7, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-10-30T20:43:09.281897"}}