C. P. Snow

The Right Honourable

Baron Snow

Kt CBE FRSL
The Right Honourable; Baron Snow; Kt CBE FRSL
	C. P. Snow in 1969 by Jack Manning for The New York Times
Born	Charles Percy Snow; 15 October 1905; Leicester, England
Died	1 July 1980 (aged 74); London, England
Nationality	English
Education	Alderman Newton's School
Alma mater	University College, Leicester; University of Cambridge (PhD);
Known for	Strangers and Brothers; The Two Cultures; Corridors of Power;
Spouses	Pamela Hansford Johnson (m. 1950)
Children	1
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics, chemistry, literature (novelist)
Institutions	University of Cambridge; English Electric; Civil Service;
Thesis	The Structure of Simple Molecules (1930)
Doctoral students	Eric Eastwood

Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow, Kt CBE FRSL (15 October 1905 – 1 July 1980) was an English novelist and physical chemist who also served in several important positions in the British Civil Service and briefly in the UK government. He is best known for his series of novels known collectively as Strangers and Brothers, and for "The Two Cultures", a 1959 lecture in which he laments the gulf between scientists and "literary intellectuals".

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