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c. '' new york times '' -rrb- p. snow in 1969 -lrb- jack manning , 1 july 1980 london leicester english physics , chemistry , literature -lrb- novelist -rrb- christ 's college , cambridge 15 october 1905 c. p. snow.jpg c. p. snow
 c. p. snow university of leicester christ 's college , cambridge
c. p. snow

charles percy snow , baron snow , kt. , cbe -lrb- 15 october 1905 -- 1 july 1980 -rrb- , was an english physical chemist and novelist 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 '' .
