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Edgar Wallace
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British crime writer, journalist and playwright (1875–1932)
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Edgar Wallace was a British author who lived from 1 April 1875 to 10 February 1932. He had three children. His literary output includes works such as *When the gangs came to London*, *The India rubber men*, *The thief in the night*, *The door with seven locks*, and *Mr. Reeder returns*. An Open Library record lists 1948 works associated with him.
Wallace’s writings have been adapted into audio formats, including audiobooks and spoken word recordings. These adaptations are categorized with tags such as "hörspiel," "Hoerbuch," "speech," and "spoken word." On Last.fm, his name is associated with 4,866 listeners and 428,770 plays.
He is referenced by 662 other encyclopedia articles. A Crossref record indicates five works. His official website is edgarwallace.org.
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Edgar Wallace Site
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Family name
- Wallace
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Greenwich
- Place of death
- Beverly Hills
- Occupation
- film director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- thriller
- Official website
- edgarwallace.org
- Image
- EW Plaque.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- Commons category
- Edgar Wallace
- date of birth
- 1875-04-01
- date of death
- 1932-02-10
- topic's main category
- Category:Edgar Wallace
- manner of death
- natural causes
- ethnic group
- English people
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- writing language
- English language
- birth name
- Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace
- Commons Creator page
- Edgar Wallace
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Encyclopedic overview
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer of crime and adventure fiction.
Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during the Second Boer War for Reuters and the Daily Mail. Struggling with debt, he left South Africa, returned to London and began writing thrillers to raise income, publishing books including The Four Just Men (1905). Drawing on his time as a reporter in the Congo, covering the Belgian atrocities, Wallace serialised short stories in magazines such as The Windsor Magazine and later published collections such as Sanders of the River (1911). He signed with Hodder & Stoughton in 1921 and became an internationally recognised author.
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