Edward S. Ellis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edward S. Ellis

Novelist, nonfiction writer

Date of Birth: 11-Apr-1840

Place of Birth: Geneva, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 20-Jun-1916

Profession: historian, biographer, children's writer, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Edward Sylvester Ellis (April 11, 1840 – June 20, 1916) was an American author who was born in Ohio and died at Cliff Island, Maine.Ellis was a teacher, school administrator, journalist, and the author of hundreds of books and magazine articles that he produced by his name and by a number of noms de plume.
Notable fiction stories by Ellis include The Steam Man of the Prairies and Seth Jones, or the Captives of the Frontier.
Internationally, Edward S.
Ellis is probably known best for his Deerfoot novels read widely by young boys until the 1950s.