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Jacques Futrelle

1875 - 1912

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Jacques Heath Futrelle (April 9, 1875 – April 15, 1912) was an American journalist and mystery writer. He is best known for writing short detective stories featuring Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, also known as "The Thinking Machine" for his use of logic. Futrelle died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Futrelle is the 2,364th most popular writer (down from 2,178th in 2019), the 3,412th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,724th in 2019) and the 273rd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Jacques Futrelle ranks 2,364 out of 7,302. Before him are Corax of Syracuse, Jan Arnošt Smoler, Ben Shapiro, Zhou Daguan, William Smith, and Hervé Bazin. After him are Matthías Jochumsson, Guido Guinizelli, Fritz Gerlich, Peter Wessel Zapffe, Ana Blandiana, and Henri Meilhac.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Jacques Futrelle ranks 71. Before him are Elisabeth von Gutmann, Konstantin Hierl, Prince Franz of Bavaria, Harriet Quimby, Henrik Sjöberg, and Jacques Villon. After him are Paul Neumann, J. Stuart Blackton, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Ricardo Viñes, Robert Garrett, and Carl Milles. Among people deceased in 1912, Jacques Futrelle ranks 53. Before him are Eduard Strasburger, Herman Bang, James S. Sherman, François-Alphonse Forel, Harriet Quimby, and Paul Kummer. After him are Wallace Hartley, Infanta María Teresa of Spain, Joachim III of Constantinople, Giovanni Pascoli, Archibald Gracie IV, and Gustave de Molinari.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jacques Futrelle ranks 3,412 out of 20,380. Before him are Merce Cunningham (1919), Benjamin Tucker (1854), Curtis Hanson (1945), Howard S. Becker (1928), Artie Shaw (1910), and Lionel Hampton (1908). After him are Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901), P. G. T. Beauregard (1818), Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915), Randy Quaid (1950), Alex North (1910), and Sal Khan (1976).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Jacques Futrelle ranks 273. Before him are Lydia Davis (1947), August Derleth (1909), Cornell Woolrich (1903), Joseph D. Pistone (1939), Mary Baker Eddy (1821), and Ben Shapiro (1984). After him are Annie Proulx (1935), Djuna Barnes (1892), Dorothy Parker (1893), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (1950), Theodore Sturgeon (1918), and Fritz Leiber (1910).

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