<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> John Gardner </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Gardner in 1977 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> John Champlin Gardner Jr . (1933 - 07 - 21) July 21, 1933 Batavia, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> September 10, 1982 (1982 - 09 - 10) (aged 49) Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Novelist, essayist, literary critic, professor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Citizenship </Th> <Td> United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Alma mater </Th> <Td> <P> Washington University in St. Louis </P> The Sunlight Dialogues, On Moral Fiction </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouse </Th> <Td> Joan Louise Patterson (1953 - 1980), Liz Rosenberg (1980 - 1982) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> John Gardner </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Gardner in 1977 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> John Champlin Gardner Jr . (1933 - 07 - 21) July 21, 1933 Batavia, New York </Td> </Tr>

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