Question: Who was born earlier, O. E. Middleton or Andrei Gruzdev?
Sentence (from "O. E. Middleton"): O.E.( Osman Edward or Ted) Middleton( born 25 March 1925 in Christchurch, died 14 August 2010 in Dunedin) was a New Zealand writer of short stories, described as belonging to the vernacular critical realist tradition of Frank Sargeson.
Relevant evidence: Yes