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Sir George Tomkyns Chesney KCB CSI CIE (30 April 1830 – 31 March 1895) was a British Army general, politician, and writer of fiction. He is remembered as the author of the novella The Battle of Dorking (1871), a founding work in the genre of invasion literature.

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  • George Tomkyns Chesney (de)
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  • Sir George Tomkyns Chesney (* 30. April 1813 in Tiverton; † 31. März 1895 in London) war ein britischer General, politischer Reformer und Autor. Bekannt wurde er durch seine einflussreiche Erzählung The Battle of Dorking von 1871, der eine Invasion Englands durch die Deutschen vor dem Hintergrund des Deutsch-Französischen Krieges beschreibt. Er ist ein früher Vertreter des Invasionsromans in England und der Military-Science-Fiction. (de)
  • Sir George Tomkyns Chesney KCB CSI CIE (30 April 1830 – 31 March 1895) was a British Army general, politician, and writer of fiction. He is remembered as the author of the novella The Battle of Dorking (1871), a founding work in the genre of invasion literature. (en)
  • Sir George Tomkyns Chesney, KCB, CSI, CIE (né le 30 avril 1830 à Tiverton, Devon et mort le 31 mars 1895), est un général de l'Armée Britannique , frère du Colonel Charles Cornwallis Chesney et de l'écrivain Mathilde Mariale. Pullan. (fr)
  • Sir George Tomkyns Chesney (Tiverton, 30 aprile 1830 – Bayswater, 31 marzo 1895) è stato un generale e scrittore britannico. È ricordato soprattutto per il suo romanzo fantapolitico La battaglia di Dorking, spesso considerato uno dei primi esempi della fantascienza britannica, con una notevole influenza nelle opere successive contribuendo alla nascita del filone della "letteratura d'invasione" e della "guerra futura". (it)
  • Sir George Tomkyns Chesney, född 30 april 1830 och död 31 mars 1895, var en brittisk militär. Han var bror till Charles Cornwallis Chesney och brorson till Francis Rawdon Chesney. Chesney blev officer i indiska armén 1848 och utmärkte sig särskilt vid Delhi 1857. 1880-86 var Chesney militärsekreterare hos den indiska regeringen och 1886-91 medlem av generalguvernörens råd. Han utnämndes 1892 till general och blev samma år medlem av . Chesney skrev bland annat Indian polity (3:e upplagan 1894). (sv)
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