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Graham Nelson
Born 1968
Occupation Managing editor

Graham A. Nelson (born 1968) is a British mathematician, poet, and the creator of the Inform design system for creating interactive fiction (IF) games. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Inform is a Programming language and design system for Interactive fiction originally created in 1993 by Graham Nelson. He has also authored several IF games, the most important ones being Curses (1993) and Jigsaw (1995). Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Jigsaw is an Interactive fiction (IF game written by Graham Nelson in 1995. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995

Nelson is the author of the Inform Designer's Manual, which includes one of the first published works of interactive fiction theory, an essay titled "The Craft of Adventure". He has also written several important essays on interactive fiction in the field.

Nelson studied at Selwyn College, Cambridge and Magdalen College, Oxford, before becoming a fellow in pure mathematics at St Anne's College, Oxford. Selwyn College is a College of the University of Cambridge. It was founded in memory of the Rt Revd George Augustus Selwyn (1809&ndash1878 the first Magdalen College redirects here see also Magdalene College Cambridge Magdalen College (ˈmɔːdlɨn "maudlin" is one of the constituent Broadly speaking pure mathematics is Mathematics motivated entirely for reasons other than application St Anne's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. He co-edited Oxford Poetry and in 1997 received an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors for his poetry. Oxford Poetry is a Literary magazine based in Oxford, England. The Eric Gregory Award is given by the Society of Authors to British poets under 30 on submission The Society of Authors (UK is a Trade union for professional writers that was founded in 1884 to protect the rights of Writers and fight to retain those [1] As of 2004 he was managing editor of Legenda, the imprint of the Modern Humanities Research Association. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " [2]

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References

  1. ^ Eric Gregory Trust Fund Awards (winners), Society of Authors. Accessed 2007-04-19.
  2. ^ "New Partners for Oxford University's Legenda Imprint", 2004-10-21. Modern Humanities Research Association. Accessed 2007-04-19

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NAME Nelson, Graham
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SHORT DESCRIPTION editor, interactive fiction author
DATE OF BIRTH 1968
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