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Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer of sensational detective, gangster, adventure, and sci-fi novels, plays and stories. Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12.
Apr 15, 2024 · Edgar Wallace was a British novelist, playwright, and journalist who was an enormously popular writer of detective and suspense stories. Wallace was the illegitimate son of an actress and was adopted as an infant by a Billingsgate fish porter named George Freeman. He left school at the age of 12.
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Edgar Wallace was born as Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace on April 1, 1875, in Greenwich, England, the son of Polly Richards and Richard Edgar, unwed members of an acting company. As an...
Edgar Wallace was, at the peak of his popularity, the greatest best-selling author of all time. This biography traces his life from his birth to an unmarried young actress through his checkered career as a medical orderly, war correspondent, reporter, newspaper editor and famous novelist and playwright. xiv, 338 pages. cloth, dust jacket ...
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- February 10, 1932
- April 1, 1875
- The Four Just Men.
- The Clue of the Twisted Candle.
- The Daffodil Mystery.
- The Angel of Terror.
The man whose name would become a synonym for crime fiction was born in the London suburb of Greenwich in 1875, the product of a one-night stand between two actors. His mother placed him with a foster family when he was a week old.
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Edgar Wallace was born on April 1, 1875 in Greenwich, London, England, UK. He was a writer and director, known for King Kong (1933), King Kong (2005) and King Kong (1976). He was married to Ethel Violet King and Ivy Maude Caldecott. He died on February 10, 1932 in Hollywood, California, USA.
