Profession: Writer
Nationality:
American
Biography: His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature.
He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories, and his most famous work is the Romantic novel "The Last of the Mohicans".
Born: September 15, 1789
Birthplace: Burlington, New Jersey, USA
Star Sign: Virgo
Died: September 14, 1851 (aged 61)
Cause of Death: Dropsy
Married Life
- 1811-01-01 Writer James Fenimore Cooper (21) weds Susan Augusta de Lancey in Mamaroneck, New York
Historical Events
- 1920-11-21 Silent film "The Last of the Mohicans" released, adapted from James Fenimore Cooper's novel, starring Wallace Beery, Barbara Bedford
Christopher Hitchens
E. M. Forster
Isaac Asimov
John Dewey
René Goscinny
Toni Morrison