death_date death_place children birth_place nationality notableworks name birth_date spouse article_title birth_name occupation
21 june 2010 lewes , east sussex three surrey , england , united kingdom british '' the top 10 of everything '' russell ash 18 june 1946 caroline russell ash
 russell ash author
russell ash

russell ash -lrb- 18 june 1946 -- 21 june 2010 -rrb- was the british author of the `` top 10 of everything '' series of books , as well as `` great wonders of the world '' , `` incredible comparisons '' and many other reference , art and humour titles , most notably his series of books on strange-but-true names , `` potty , fartwell & knob '' , `` busty , slag and nob end '' and -lrb- for children -rrb- `` big pants , burpy and bumface '' .
once described as ` the human google ' , his obituary in the times stated that ` in the age of the internet , it takes tenacity and idiosyncratic intelligence to make a living from purveying trivial information .
russell ash did just that ' .
