Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- September 2, 1875
- Died
- March 19, 1950 (aged 74)
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
His father had been a major in the Union army during the Civil War. Edgar Rice Burroughs attended the Brown School then, due to a diphtheria epidemic, Miss Coolie's Maplehurst School for Girls, then the Harvard School, Phillips Andover and the Michigan Military Academy. He was a mediocre student and flunked his examination for West Point. He worked a variety of jobs all over the country: a cowboy in Idaho, a gold miner in Oregon, a railroad policeman in Utah, a department manager for Sears Roebuck in Chicago. He published "A Princess of Mars" under the title "Under the Moons of Mars" in six parts between February and July of 1912. The same "All-Story Magazine" put out his immediately successful "Tarzan of the Apes" in October of that year. Two years later the hardback book appeared, and on January 27, 1918, the movie opened on Broadway starring Elmo Lincoln as Tarzan. It was one of the first movies to gross over $1,000,000. Burroughs was able to move his family to the San Fernando Valley in 1919, converting a huge estate into Tarzana Ranch. He was in Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 and remained in Hawaii as a war correspondent. Afterward he returned home with a heart condition. On March 19, 1950, alone in his home after reading the Sunday comics in bed, he died. By then he had written 91 novels, 26 of which were about Tarzan. The man whose books have sold hundreds of millions of copies in over thirty languages once said "I write to escape ... to escape poverty".
Known For
Filmography
Tarzan: Beast Of The Jungle
Movie · Novel
Zenimation
TV · Characters · 2 eps
The Legend of Tarzan
Movie · Novel
Tarzan
Movie · Novel
John Carter
Movie · Novel
The Land That Time Forgot
Movie · Novel
Princess of Mars
Movie · Novel
Tarzan II
Movie · Novel
Tarzan & Jane
Movie · Characters, Original Story
Tarzan
Movie · Story, Novel
Tarzan and the Lost City
Movie · Original Story
Tarzan of the Apes
Movie · Novel
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
Movie · Characters
Tarzan in Manhattan
Movie · Characters
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Movie · Novel
Tarzan the Ape Man
Movie · Characters
The People That Time Forgot
Movie · Novel
At the Earth's Core
Movie · Novel
The Land That Time Forgot
Movie · Novel
Tarzan and the Brown Prince
Movie · Characters
Tarzan's Deadly Silence
Movie · Characters
Tarzan and the Jungle Boy
Movie · Characters
Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army
Movie · Characters
Tarzan and the Great River
Movie · Original Story
The Mountains of the Moon
Movie · Author
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
Movie · Screenplay
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
Movie · Characters
Tarzan the Fearless
Movie · Characters
Tarzan's Three Challenges
Movie · Characters
Tarzan Goes to India
Movie · Characters
Tarzan the Magnificent
Movie · Characters
Tarzan and the Trappers
Movie · Characters
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure
Movie · Characters
Tarzan, the Ape Man
Movie · Characters
Tarzan's Fight for Life
Movie · Characters
Tarzan and the Lost Safari
Movie · Characters
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
Movie · Characters
Tarzan and the She-Devil
Movie · Characters
Tarzan's Savage Fury
Movie · Characters
Tarzan's Peril
Movie · Characters
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
Movie · Characters
Tarzan's Magic Fountain
Movie · Characters
Tarzan and the Mermaids
Movie · Characters
Tarzan and the Huntress
Movie · Characters
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman
Movie · Characters
Tarzan and the Amazons
Movie · Characters
Tarzan Triumphs
Movie · Characters
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Movie · Characters
Tarzan's New York Adventure
Movie · Characters
Tarzan's Secret Treasure
Movie · Characters
Jungle Girl
Movie · Novel
Tarzan Finds a Son!
Movie · Characters
Tarzan's Revenge
Movie · Novel
Tarzan and the Green Goddess
Movie · Characters
Tarzan Escapes
Movie · Characters
The Lion Man
Movie · Short Story
The New Adventures of Tarzan
Movie · Novel
The New Adventures of Tarzan
Movie · Characters
Tarzan and His Mate
Movie · Characters
Tarzan the Fearless
Movie · Story
Tarzan the Ape Man
Movie · Characters
Tarzan the Tiger
Movie · Novel
Tarzan the Mighty
Movie · Novel
Tarzan and the Golden Lion
Movie · Novel
The Adventures of Tarzan
Movie · Novel
The Revenge of Tarzan
Movie · Novel
The Son of Tarzan
Movie · Novel
The Oakdale Affair
Movie · Novel
The Romance of Tarzan
Movie · Novel
Tarzan of the Apes
Movie · Novel
The Lad and the Lion
Movie · Novel