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Jack London

Also known as John Griffith Chaney, John Griffith "Jack" London, John Griffith Chaney London, John Griffith "Jack London" Chaney

American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)

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Jack London, born John Griffith Chaney on 12 January 1876 in San Francisco, was an American writer, journalist, novelist, and war correspondent. He was educated at the University of California, Berkeley, and worked in Sonoma. London died on 22 November 1916 in Glen Ellen from natural causes, homicide, or suicide. He was a member of the Parti de gauche.

His notable works include The Call of the Wild, The People of the Abyss, The Sea-Wolf, and White Fang. His writing genres encompassed naturalism and adventure fiction. He is described by the Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary. His works were subject to Nazi book burnings.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 12 January 1876
Died: 22 November 1916
Works: 9358

Top works

Guía literaria de Londres
The house of pride and other tales of Hawaii
The game
Le renégat
The star rover

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Writing · San Francisco - California - USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney,January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916)was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone. Some of his most…

Known for

The Sea Wolf — Sailor1913

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1876
Active to: 1916

classical

Discography

L’Enjeu2005
Der Seewolf

Official site Discogs Stream

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 2,490
Total plays: 54,898

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

A simple method for displaying the hydropathic character of a protein
· 1982 · cited 18,692x
A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,787x
Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,971x
Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3
· 2024 · cited 15,264x
The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease
· 2011 · cited 13,458x

via Crossref · CC0

Quotes

“I do not live for what the world thinks of me, but for what I think of myself.”
“Life? Bah! It has no value. Of cheap things it is the cheapest.”
“I love the flesh. I'm a pagan. “Who are they who speak evil of the clay? The very stars are made of clay like mine!””
“Life achieves its summit when it does to the uttermost that which it was equipped to do.”
“The trouble with him was that he was without imagination. He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in the significances.”
“A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog when you are just as hungry as the dog.”

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

Works in European collections

19 objects attributed to Jack London, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Az éneklő kutya

A beszélő kutya

A vadon szava

Smoke Bellew

Ádám előtt

A maják kincse

VII.

XI.

Regény

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Encyclopedic overview

John Griffith London (né Chaney; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing.

London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of animal welfare, workers' rights and socialism. London wrote several works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, and Before Adam.

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