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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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Proulx, Annie
1935 -
Edna Annie Proulx is an American author, the oldest of five sisters born in Norwich, Connecticut. Her father was a...
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Byron, George Gordon
1788 - 1824
An English poet and also a notorious adventurer and traveler, born in London. His father, who was known as "Mad Jack", did...
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James, Henry
1843 - 1916
Henry James was an American author born in New York to a wealthy, intellectual family of Irish and Scottish origin. His...
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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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