Jack London

Jack London (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The Sea Wolf along with many other popular books. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first Americans to make a lucrative career exclusively from writing. London's mother, Flora Wellman, a music teacher and spiritualist who claimed to channel the spirit of an Indian chief, b... more

Date of birth:

  • Jan 12, 1876

Date of death:

  • Nov 22, 1916 (age 40 years)

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  • John Griffith Chaney,
  • John Griffith Chaney London
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