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{{Short description|British motoring journalist (1931–2005)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1931|8|10}}
| birth_place = London, England
| death_date = {{BirthDeathAgedda|df=yesy| 2005|9|7|1931|8|10|2005|9|7}}
| death_place = [[Surbiton]], London, England
| occupation = Author, journalist, lawyer, [[Airair traffic controller]], lawyer, author, journalist
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| awards = [[Gwen Salmon Trophy]] for automotive photography, fellow [[Institute of Mechanical Engineers]] (1969), fellow [[Institute of Rubber Industries]] (1970)
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==Early life and education==
BornSetright ofwas Australian parentsborn in London, to Australian parents; his father, Henry Roy Setright, was an engineer who invented the [[Setright Machine|Setright ticket machine]] used on buses and trams. He died when Setright was 11 years old.<ref name="telegraph"/> Setright attended [[Palmers Green]] Grammar school before studying Lawlaw at the [[University of London]] which he practised for a time but hated the profession. His [[National Service]] was served in the [[Royal Air Force]] as an [[air traffic controller]].<ref name="telegraph"/>
 
==Writing career==
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Setright's writing style polarised readers as some considered it to be pompous and excessively esoteric, while others found his erudite style and engineering knowledge a welcome change from the usual lightweight and largely non-technical journalistic style.<ref name="telegraph"/> He had a strong enthusiasm for [[Bristol Cars]] and for Japanese engineering, in particular [[Honda]].
 
Setright also wrote about music, motorcycles and [[high-fidelity]] sound systems, and contributed to, among others, ''[[Punch (magazine)|Punch]]'', ''[[The Independent]]'', ''[[Bike (magazine)|Bike]]'', ''Cycle Guide/USA'', ''Motorcycle Sport'' under the initials LJKS, ''[[Back Street Heroes]]'' and ''[[Car and Driver]]''.<ref name="indy">{{cite news
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==Personal life==
Setright was also known for his love of smoking tobacco, in particular [[Sobranie Black Russian]] cigarettes,<ref name="times"/> and for his elegant sartorial style. He was described as resembling "a gaunt Old Testament prophet in Savile Row clothes".<ref name="jalopnik">{{cite web |last=Orosz |first=Peter |date=20 January 2012 |url=http://jalopnik.com/5875860/drive-on-is-the-greatest-book-about-cars-ever-written |title=Drive On! Is the Greatest Book About Cars Ever Written }}</ref> He was an accomplished [[clarinet]] player.<ref name="guardian"/>
 
Setright was a practising [[Jew]] and a scholar of Judaism.<ref name="telegraph"/> He was married twice; his first wife, ChristineChristina, committed suicide in 1980.<ref name="guardian"/> After this he spent some time in a [[Lubavitch]] community in [[Texas]],<ref name="guardian"/> later returning to the UK, and he settled in [[Surbiton]], near London, where he died of cancer in 2005.
 
== List of works ==
; Author
 
* {{cite book | title=A day to remember, the writings of L.J.K. Setright for GranTurismo Magazine | publisher=Uitgeverij Nobelman | year=2019 | isbn=978-94-917373-0-5▼
* {{cite book | title=The Grand Prix Car 1954-1966
|last= Setright |first=L.J.K. |authorlink=L. J. K. Setright ▼
|publisher=George Allen & Unwin
|year=1968
▲ |last= Setright |first=L.J.K. |authorlinkauthor-link=L. J. K. Setright
}}
* {{cite book | title=Ferrari, Ballantines Illustrated History of the Car, Marque Book No. 5 | publisher=Ballantine Books | year=1971 | isbn=0-345-02343-9
|last= Setright |first=L.J.K. |authorlinkauthor-link=L. J. K. Setright
|author-mask=2
}}
* {{cite book | title=Rolls-Royce, Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Car, Marque Book No. 7 | publisher=Ballantine Books | year=1971 | isbn=0-345-02386-2
|last= Setright |first=L.J.K. |authorlinkauthor-link=L. J. K. Setright
|authormaskauthor-mask=2
}}
* {{cite book | title=The Power to Fly: The Development of the Piston Engine in Aviation | publisher=Allen & Unwin | year=1971 | isbn=0-04-338041-7
|last= Setright |first=L.J.K. |authorlinkauthor-link=L. J. K. Setright
|authormaskauthor-mask=2
}}
* {{cite book | title=Automobile Tyres | publisher=Chapman and Hall | year=1972 | isbn=978-0412098505
|last= Setright |first=L.J.K. |authorlinkauthor-link=L. J. K. Setright ▼
|author-mask=2
}}
* {{cite book
| title=The Grand Prix, 1906 to 1972 | publisher=Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd | year=1973 | isbn=0-17-148025-2
|author=Setright, L. J. K.
|authormaskauthor-mask=2
}}
* {{cite book | title=Bristol Cars and Engines | publisher=Motor Racing Publications Ltd |year=1974 | isbn=0-900549-22-X
|last= Setright |first=L.J.K. |authorlinkauthor-link=L. J. K. Setright
|authormaskauthor-mask=2
}}
* {{cite book
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| year=1975
| publisher=Haynes Publishing Group | isbn=0-85429-200-4
|last= Setright |first=L.J.K. |authorlinkauthor-link=L. J. K. Setright
|authormaskauthor-mask=2
}}
* {{cite book
| title=Some Unusual Engines
| publisher=Mechanical Engineering Publications | year=1975 | isbn = 0-85298-208-9
|last= Setright |first=L.J.K. |authorlinkauthor-link=L. J. K. Setright
|authormaskauthor-mask=2
}}
* {{cite book | title=The Designers: Great Automobiles and the Men Who Made Them | year=1976 | publisher=Follet Publishing | isbn=0-695-80584-3
|last= Setright |first=L.J.K. |authorlinkauthor-link=L. J. K. Setright
|authormaskauthor-mask=2
}}
* {{Cite book |title= Motorcycles <!-- |last1= Setright |first1=L. J. K. --> |publisher= Weidenfeld & Nicolson |year= 1976 |isbn= 978-0-297-77234-7
|last= Setright |first=L.J.K. |authorlinkauthor-link=L. J. K. Setright
|authormaskauthor-mask=2
}}
* {{cite book | title=Turbocharging and Supercharging for maximum power and torque | publisher=J H Haynes | year=1976 | isbn=0-85429-184-9
|last= Setright |first=L.J.K. |authorlinkauthor-link=L. J. K. Setright
|authormaskauthor-mask=2
}}
* {{cite book |title = Anatomy of the Automobile
|publisher = Random House Value Publishing
| title=Anatomy of the Automobile
|year = 1978
| publisher=Random House Value Publishing | year=1978 | isbn=0-517-26999-6
|isbn = 0-517-26999-6
▲ |last= Setright |first=L.J.K. |authorlink=L. J. K. Setright
|last = Setright
|authormask=2
|first = L.J.K.
|author-link = L. J. K. Setright
|author-mask = 2
|url-access = registration
|url = https://archive.org/details/anatomyofmotorca0000unse
}}
* {{cite book
| title=Bahnstormer: The Story of BMW Motorcycles
| publisher=Transport Bookman Publications | year=1978 | isbn=0-85184-021-3
|last= Setright |first=L.J.K. |authorlinkauthor-link=L. J. K. Setright
|authormaskauthor-mask=2
}}
* {{cite book
|last= Setright |first=L.J.K. |authorlinkauthor-link=L. J. K. Setright
|authormaskauthor-mask=2
|year= 1979 |title=The Guinness book of motorcycling facts and feats |publisher=Guinness Superlatives |isbn= 978-0-85112-200-7
}}
* {{cite book | title=Mercedes-Benz SL and SLC | publisher=Motorbooks International | year=1999 | isbn=1-85532-880-1
|last= Setright |first=L.J.K. |authorlinkauthor-link=L. J. K. Setright
|authormaskauthor-mask=2
}}
* {{cite book | title=Mini : The Design Icon of a Generation | publisher=Virgin Books | year=1999 | isbn=1-85227-815-3
|last= Setright |first=L.J.K. |authorlinkauthor-link=L. J. K. Setright
|authormaskauthor-mask=2
}}
* {{cite book | title=Drive On!: A Social History of the Motor Car | publisher=Granta Books | year=2004 | isbn=1-86207-698-7
|last= Setright |first=L.J.K. |authorlinkauthor-link=L. J. K. Setright
|authormaskauthor-mask=2
}}
* {{cite book | title=Long Lane with Turnings: Last Words of a Motoring Legend | publisher=Granta Books | year=2006 | isbn=1-86207-872-6
|last= Setright |first=L.J.K. |authorlinkauthor-link=L. J. K. Setright
|authormaskauthor-mask=2
}}
* {{cite book | title=A day to remember | publisher=Uitgeverij Nobelman | year=2017 | isbn=978-949173-729-9
|last= Setright |first=L.J.K. |authorlinkauthor-link=L. J. K. Setright
|authormaskauthor-mask=2
}}
▲* {{cite book | title=A day to remember, the writings of L.J.K. Setright for GranTurismo Magazine | publisher=Uitgeverij Nobelman | year=2019 | isbn=978-94-917373-0-5
|last= Setright |first=L.J.K. |author-link=L. J. K. Setright
}}
; Coauthor
* {{Cite documentbook |last1=Hough |first1=Richard Alexander
|last2=Setright |first2=L.J.K. |authorlink2author-link2=L.J.K. Setright
|title=A history of the world's motorcycles
|publisher=[[Harper & Row]] |location=New York
|year=1966
| idlccn=[[Library of Congress Control Number|LCCN]] 66018583
}}
* {{Cite book
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* {{Cite book
|title= Valve mechanisms for high-speed engines: their design and development
|first1=Philip Hubert |last1=Smith |authorlinkauthor-link=Philip Hubert Smith
|edition= 2nd
|publisher= R. Bentley |year= 1971
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==References==
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