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Michael Crichton

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q113436830&amp;oldid=2463772627" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel · dated 1969
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q756866&amp;oldid=2549120859" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jurassic Park
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q131252&amp;oldid=2554977901" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">University of Chicago
Sports team: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q13400912&amp;oldid=2353919041" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Harvard Crimson men&#39;s basketball · from 1961 · to 1962
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q49121&amp;oldid=2531752455" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Harvard Medical School
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q8636&amp;oldid=2538976590" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Academy Award for Technical Achievement · dated 1995-03-04

Wikidata describes Michael Crichton as American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008).

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