Young author Lloyd Alexander

Lloyd Alexander

Living place: Philadelphia

Birthday: 30-1-1924 (100 years old)

Population of US 1924: 114,109,000

Global rank: #47021

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Who is Young author Lloyd Alexander?
A renowned author of young adult fantasy and literature, he is best known for his Chronicles Prydain series. A recipient of the Newbery Medal, he also won the National Book Award in both 1971 (for Sebastian's Marvelous misadventures) and 1982 (for Westmark). His
Chronicles children's fantasy books Prydain focuses on a young servant boy who has a tendency to turn out to be a thunderous pig.

Young / Before famous

He briefly attended Haverford College before serving in the United States Army during World War II. He decided at age fifteen that he wanted to be a writer; a decade and a half later, he published And Let Go Credit (1955), his first novel.

Family life info

He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He married Janine Denní in 1946. The couple's daughter, Madeleine, passed away in 1990.

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When was Young author Lloyd Alexander born?
Lloyd Alexander birthday 30-1-1924 (at the age of 100).
Where is Young author Lloyd Alexander's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Lloyd Alexander was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania- United States. Là Young author, whose Zodiac is Aquarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Pig. Lloyd Alexander's global rank is 47021 and whose rank is 75 in list of famous Young author. Population of US in 1924 is about 114,109,000 persons.
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Events in 1924 and 30-1

Events in US in the birth year of Lloyd Alexander

  • New York's Computer Tabulating Recording Company is re-organized and will now be known as International Business Machines Corp. (IBM).
  • Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall and oilmen Harry Sinclair and Edward L. Doheny are charged with conspiracy and bribery in the Teapot Dome scandal, involving fraudulent leases of naval oil reserves. In 1931, Fall is sentenced to year in prison; Doheny and Sinclair acquitted of bribery.
  • Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb confess to murdering 14-year-old cousin "in the interest of science." Clarence Darrow is defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of death sentence.

Birthday Lloyd Alexander (30-1) in history

  • Day 30-1 year 1649: King Charles I of England was beheaded at Whitehall Palace, London
  • Day 30-1 year 1933: Adolf Hitler was named Chancellor of Germany.
  • Day 30-1 year 1948: Gandhi was assassinated.
  • Day 30-1 year 1968: North Vietnamese forces launched attacks against the South Vietnamese, beginning the Tet offensive.
  • Day 30-1 year 1972: British troops opened fire on civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland, sparking the "Bloody Sunday" massacre.
  • Day 30-1 year 1979: The Iranian civilian government announced that the exiled Ayatollah Khomeini would be allowed to return.
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