Showing posts with label Author. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Author. Show all posts

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Arthur Conan Doyle

Full Name: Arthur Conan Doyle [Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle]
Nationality: British
Profession: Author
Why Famous: Creator of Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger
Born: 22nd May, 1859
Star Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: 7th July, 1930 (aged 71)
Cause of Death: Heart attack

Married Life

1885-08-05 - Author Arthur Conan Doyle (26) weds Louisa Hawkins
1907-09-18 - Author Arthur Conan Doyle (48) weds Jean Elizabeth Leckie

Historical Events in the Life of Arthur Conan Doyle

1892-10-31 - Arthur Conan Doyle publishes The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

_______________________________
View the original article here

External links

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Anne Rice

Full Name: Anne Rice
Nationality: American
Profession: Author
Why Famous: The Vampire Chronicles
Born: 4th October, 1941 (72 years old)
Star Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Married Life

1961-10-14 - Author Anne Rice (20) weds poet/artist Stan Rice (18) in Denton, Texas

_________________________________
View the original article here

External links

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Aldous Huxley

Full Name: Aldous Huxley
Nationality: English
Profession: Author
Why Famous: Brave New World, Island, Point Counter Point
Born: 26th July, 1894
Star Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Godalming, Surrey, England
Died: 22nd November, 1963 (aged 69)

Married Life

1919-07-10 - Author Aldous Huxley (25) weds epidemiologist Maria Nys in Bellem, Belgium
1956-03-19 - Author Aldous Huxley (62) weds musician and author Laura Archera (45)

___________________________________
View the original article here

External links

Albert Camus

Full Name: Albert Camus
Nationality: French
Profession: Author
Why Famous: Nobel Prize winning author, journalist, and philosopher. His views contributed to the philosophy known as absurdism. Known by generations of students of French for his book 'La Peste' (The Plague).
Born: 7th November, 1913
Star Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Dréan, Algeria
Died: 4th January, 1960 (aged 46)
Cause of Death: Car crash

Married Life

1940-12-03 - Nobel Prize winning author Albert Camus (27) weds pianist and mathematician Francine Faure (25) in Lyon, France

Historical Events in the Life of Albert Camus

1948-10-27 - Albert Camus' "L'etat de Siege," premieres in Paris
1949-12-15 - Albert Camus' "Les Justes" premieres in Paris
1957-10-17 - French author Albert Camus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

____________________________________
View the original article here

External links