Alexander
Nicholayevitch
Romanoff
(1881-1945)
was born
in
Yalta,
Crimea.
His
father,
Grand
Duke
Nicholas
Romanoff,
was a
Russian-Orthodox
and
cousin
to the
last
Tsar of
Russia.
Bowen,
Marjorie
Marjorie
Bowen
(1878-1952),
born
in
Hampshire,
England
Burroughs,
Edgar
Edgar
Rice
Burroughs
(1875-1950)
was born
in
Chicago,
Illinois.
His
father
had been
a Union
cavalry
officer
during
the
Civil
War.
Burroughs
is
considered
one of
the
founders
of
modern
science
fiction
for his
Barsoom
(Mars)
&
Amtor
(Venus)
series.
Chambers,
Robert
W.
Robert
W.
Chambers
(1887-1939),
born in
Charlottesville,
Virginia,
was the
writer
behind
the
pseudonym
S.S. Van
Dine.
Beginning
as a
book
reviewer
for the
LA
Times,
by 1911
he was a
columnist
and art
critic
in New
York.
Confined
to his
bed for
two
years,
he
sought
relaxation
in
fiction
and
became a
master
of the
detective
novel,
which he
wrote
under
the
pseudonym
S. S.
Van
Dine.
Cooper,
James F.
James
Fenimore
Cooper
(18-19)
was born
in
Crawford,
F.
Marion
Francis
Marion
Crawford
(1854-1909)
was born
Bagni di
Lucca,
Italy,
His
historical
novels
show his
intimate
knowledge
of
Italian
lore
with
their
historic
vitality
and
dramatic
characterization.
Dixon,
Thomas
W.
Thomas
W. Dixon
(18-19)
was born
in
Gerard,
Louis
Louis
Gerard
(18-19)
was born
in
Haggard,
H. Rider
Henry
Rider
Haggard
(18-19)
was born
in
Hope,
Anthony
Anthony
Hope
(18-19)
was born
in
Hugo,
Victor
Victor
Hugo
(18-19)
was born
in
Hull,
E. M.
E.
M. Hull
(18-19)
was born
in
Ibanez,
Vicente
Vicente
Ibanez
(18-19)
was born
in
Johnston,
Mary
Mary
Johnston
(18-19)
was born
in
Kipling,
Rudyard
Rudyard
Kipling
(1875-1932)
was born
in
Greenwich,
England
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