AKA Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace

Born: 1-Apr-1875
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 10-Feb-1932
Location of death: Hollywood, CA
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Remains: Buried, Little Marlow, England

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Novelist

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Highly prolific English novelist

Military service: British Army (Royal West Kent Regiment, seven years)

Mother: Polly Richards (actress, Egdar was illegitimate son)
Father: George/Dick Freeman (fishmonger, adoptive)
Wife: Ivy Maude Caldecott (m. 1900)
Son: Bryan Edgar Wallace (writer, b. 1904, d. 1971)
Wife: Ethel Violet King (m. 1921, until his death, four children)
Daughter: Penelope Wallace

    Adopted

Author of books:
The Four Just Men (1905, novel)
Sanders of the River (1911, novel)
Bones (1915, novel)
The Crimson Circle (1922, novel)
The Green Archer (1926, novel)
The Flying Squad (1928, novel)
The Terror (1930, novel)

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