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It is 97 years today since Robert Ludlum was born.
The American thriller writer, theatre producer and actor Robert Ludlum were born in New York, but his family moved to New Jersey when he was just a baby and it was there he grew up. His father was a business man and the young son received an education at private schools across Connecticut: Rectory School in Pomfret, Kent School in Kent, Chesire Academy in Chesire and Wesleyan University in...
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Dickens, Charles
1812 - 1870
Charles Dickens appealed to rich and poor alike, and was the most popular of all the Victorian authors. He was born into a...
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McClure, James
1939 - 2006
The journalist and author James "Jim" McClure’s Scottish parents left for South Africa in 1930, and he was subsequently b...
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Mulisch, Harry
1927 - 2010
The Dutch author Harry Mulisch was born in the city of Haarlem. His father came from Austria, an officer who had fled to...
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Philips, Judson
1903 - 1989
American author and journalist, born in Northfield, Massachusetts. Judson P. (Pentecost) Philips has primarily become known...
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