John F Briley

This digital document, covering the life and work of John (Richard) Briley, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 1097 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of eac...

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