- This article is about the writer. For the early-twentieth century Olympic swimmer, see John Derbyshire.
John Derbyshire is a British-born author and polemicist who lives in the United States and is an American citizen. He is a columnist for the conservative magazine National Review Online. His commentary is well-known for being inflammatory (though not as well-known as Ann Coulter's.) Blogger Andrew Sullivan gives out a so-called "Derbyshire Award" "for statements by public figures or writers that amount to right-wing hyperbole, hate-speech or manic paranoia". Derbyshire writes on a broad range of topics, including immigration, China, history, mathematics, culture, and politics.
As of 2004, his latest book is Prime Obsession, detailing the history of the Riemann Hypothesis for a popular audience.
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