Novelist Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury

Living place: Illinois

Birthday: 22-8-1920 (104 years old)

Population of US 1920: 106,461,000

Global rank: #18949

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Who is Novelist Ray Bradbury?
Visionary fantasy, science fiction, horror, and mystery author who wrote The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451. He is the recipient of numerous literary honors, including the National Medal of Arts. and the Fantasy World Award.
He is close friends with Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, but turned down Roddenberry's offer to write for the classic sci-fi series, saying he found it difficult to work within the framework established by other writers.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He was raised in Waukegan, Illinois and Tucson, Arizona. He wrote his first stories at age eleven; During the Great Depression, he sometimes had to write on butcher paper.

Family life info

He married Marguerite McClure, the only woman he ever dated, in 1947. He chose legendary filmmaker, Ray Harryhausen, as the best man at his wedding. Bradbury and McClure eventually became parents to four daughters.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Novelist Ray Bradbury?
He was greatly influenced by the literary works of Edgar Allan Poe.

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When was Novelist Ray Bradbury born?
Ray Bradbury birthday 22-8-1920 (at the age of 104).
Where is Novelist Ray Bradbury's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Ray Bradbury was born in Illinois, . is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Leo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Monkey. Ray Bradbury's global rank is 18949 and whose rank is 51 in list of famous Novelist. Population of US in 1920 is about 106,461,000 persons.
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Events in 1920 and 22-8

Events in US in the birth year of Ray Bradbury

  • Women's suffrage goes into effect following Tennessee's ratification of the 19th amendment (Aug. 26).
  • Factory worker Nicola Sacco and fish peddler Bartolomeo Vanzetti are picked up by police (May 5) in connection with an April 15 murder and robbery in South Braintree, Mass.
  • A bomb explodes in the J.P. Morgan bank building in New York City, killing 30 and injuring 200 (Sept. 16).

Birthday Ray Bradbury (22-8) in history

  • Day 22-8 year 1642: The English Civil War began between supporters of King Charles I and supporters of politician Oliver Cromwell.
  • Day 22-8 year 1775: King George III declared the American colonies in open rebellion.
  • Day 22-8 year 1846: The United States annexed New Mexico.
  • Day 22-8 year 1851: The U.S. yacht America outraced the British Aurora off the English coast to win a trophy that became known as the America's Cup.
  • Day 22-8 year 1902: Theodore Roosevelt became the first United States president to ride in an automobile.
  • Day 22-8 year 1910: Korea was annexed by Japan after five years as a protectorate.
  • Day 22-8 year 1989: Black Panther co-founder Huey P. Newton was shot to death in Oakland, Calif.
  • Day 22-8 year 2003: Alabama's chief justice, Roy Moore, was suspended for refusing to move a Ten Commandments monument from the state courthouse.
  • Day 22-8 year 2004: A version of Edvard Munch's painting The Scream was stolen in Norway. Another version had been stolen in 1994.
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