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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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Chesterton, G.K.
1874 - 1936
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was a British author and critic born in Kensington, London, as the oldest son of a retired estate...
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Melville, Herman
1819 - 1891
American author born in New York. Melville came from a wealthy family, but when his merchant father went bankrupt, he was...
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Brown, Fredric
1906 - 1972
Fredric William Brown was an American author of mainly mystery and science fiction. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and...
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Strindberg, August
1849 - 1912
Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish author born in Stockholm to a large middle-class family. His father was head of the...
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