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VAN DOREN, MARK ALBERT
Poet, Novelist & Critic. Younger brother of Carl Van Doren. Married Dorothy Graffe in 1922
VERNE
, JULES GABRIEL
Novelist & Science Fiction writer. Often referred to as the
"Founding Father" of Science Fiction. In 1856 married widow with two
children
VIVIAN, EVELYN CHARLES HENRY
Novelist, Military Historian & Editor. As a young man he travelled in South Africa and may have fought in the Boer War
VOLTAIRE
Philosopher, Novelist, Dramatist and Epic Poet. Imprisoned in the
Bastille 1717-18. In 1726-9 in exile in England (here he wrote some of
his dramas). 1750-3 in Berlin at invitation of Frederick the Great as
adviser and chamberlain.