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Jack London
American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 12 January 1876
- Died
- 22 November 1916
- Place of birth
- San Francisco
- Place of death
- Glen Ellen
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- London
- Father
- William Henry Chaney
- Mother
- Flora London
- Child
- Joan London, Becky London
- Genre
- naturalism, adventure fiction
- Field of work
- journalism, war journalism, travel
- Occupation
- writer, journalist, novelist, war correspondent, essayist, autobiographer, screenwriter, science fiction writer, children's writer, travel writer, prose writer, poet
- Citizenship
- United States
- Religion
- atheism
- archives at
- Stanford University Libraries Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Harry Ransom Center, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
- birth name
- John Griffith Chaney
- cause of death
- poisoning, uremia, drug overdose
- described by source
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Larousse Encyclopedia online, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Library of the World's Best Literature, 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica, The Encyclopedia Americana, The New Student's Reference Work, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, ProDetLit, Jack London: The Man, the Writer, the Rebel, Sailor on Horseback
- different from
- Jack London
- end of work period
- 1916
- has works in the collection
- Memoria Chilena
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- list of works
- Bibliography of Jack London
- manner of death
- natural causes, homicide, suicide
- member of political party
- Parti de gauche
- name in native language
- Jack London
- notable work
- The Call of the Wild, The People of the Abyss, The Sea-Wolf, White Fang, The Roads, To Build a Fire, Martin Eden, The Valley of the Moon, The Star Rover, The Road
- place of burial
- Jack London State Historic Park
- relative
- John London
- significant event
- Nazi book burnings
- social media followers
- 613584
- start of work period
- 1895
- topic's main category
- Category:Jack London
- work location
- Sonoma
- writing language
- English
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