Edgar Wallace
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Born on 1st of April 1875
Died on 10th of February 1932

Born 1875 - Found abandoned in Greenwich, London. Died 1932 - English writer.


Founded abandoned in Greenwich when nine days old. Served in army in South Africa. His first success The Four Just Men published in 1905. Wrote over 170 novels and plays including The Clue of the Twisted Candle (1961) and The Ringer (1926). Became scriptwriter in Hollywood. Died while working on the screenplay of King Kong.

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