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Father of writer Martin Amis.

British novelist and poet, who graduated with an MA from Oxford. He lectured in English at Swansea (1949-61). Amis was regarded as the quintessential 'angry young man' for his fashionable 1954 novel "Lucky Jim". He later dabbled in science fiction and was noted for his imaginative 1966 work "The Anti-Death League".

Politically a Tory who stood in opposition to the intellectual Left, he was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1981 and was knighted in 1990.

Buried at Golders Green Crematorium (London/UK).