Who coined the expressions 'a curate's egg' and 'bedside manner', and wrote three novels, including "Peter Ibbetson" (adapted to a 1935 film starring Gary Cooper and an opera), and another which gave its name to the trilby, a type of hat?
Answer: George du Maurier George du Maurier was the father of actor Gerald du Maurier, grandfather of writers Angela du Maurier & Daphne du Maurier, and the father of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies whose five boys inspired Peter Pan.
He is noted for fiction and non-fiction writing, including in history, music, science, and mathematics; his novels include “Gravity's Rainbow”, for which he won the 1973 US National Book Award for Fiction. Who is he?
