Guy Boothby, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Guy Boothby

Australian writer

Date of Birth: 13-Oct-1867

Place of Birth: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Date of Death: 26-Feb-1905

Profession: writer, author, novelist, science fiction writer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Guy Boothby

  • Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was a prolific Australian novelist and writer, noted for sensational fiction in variety magazines around the end of the nineteenth century.
  • He lived mainly in England.
  • He is best known for such works as the Dr Nikola series, about an occultist criminal mastermind who is a Victorian forerunner to Fu Manchu, and Pharos, the Egyptian, a tale of Gothic Egypt, mummies' curses and supernatural revenge.
  • Rudyard Kipling was his friend and mentor, and his books were remembered with affection by George Orwell.

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