Jacques Futrelle Biography

Jacques Futrelle biography

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NAME: Jacques Futrelle
OCCUPATION: Journalist, Author
BIRTH DATE: April 09, 1875
DEATH DATE: April 15, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH: Pike County, Georgia
PLACE OF DEATH: Atlantic Ocean, aboard the RMS Titanic

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Jacques Futrelle was a journalist and mystery writer who created the character Professor Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen, also known as "The Thinking Machine." He died in the Titanic disaster.

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Futrelle, Astor and approximately 1,500 others perished when the Titanic sank into the North Atlantic early on April 15. While Futrelle was gone, his literary character lived on for a time. Two more Thinking Machine novels were published after his death -- My Lady’s Garter (1912) and Blind Man’s Bluff (1914).

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