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john derbyshire -lrb- june 2001 -rrb- -lsb- http://johnderbyshire.com/ johnderbyshire.com -rsb- northampton , northamptonshire , england , united kingdom united states of america 200px 03 june 1945 huntington , new york , united states johnderbyshire1.jpg john derbyshire
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john derbyshire

john derbyshire -lrb- born june 3 , 1945 -rrb- is a british-born naturalized american writer , journalist and commentator .
he formerly wrote a column in `` national review '' .
he has also written for the `` new english review '' .
these columns cover a broad range of political-cultural topics , including immigration , china , history , mathematics , and race .
derbyshire 's 1996 novel , `` seeing calvin coolidge in a dream '' , was a `` new york times '' `` notable book of the year '' .
his 2004 non-fiction book , `` prime obsession '' , won the mathematical association of america 's inaugural euler book prize .
a new political book , '' '' , was released in september 2009 through crown forum .
derbyshire attended the northampton school for boys and graduated from university college london , of the university of london , where he studied mathematics .
before turning to writing full-time , he worked on wall street as a computer programmer .
