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Edgar Rice Burroughs - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!

Explore Edgar Rice Burroughs net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! American writer who most famously created the Tarzan and Barsoom series. He was inducted into The Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2003. In this article, we will discover how old is Edgar Rice Burroughs? Who is Edgar Rice Burroughs dating now & how much money does Edgar Rice Burroughs have?

NameEdgar Rice Burroughs
First NameEdgar
Last NameBurroughs
OccupationNovelist
BirthdaySeptember 1
Birth Year1875
Place of BirthChicago
Home TownIllinois
Birth CountryUnited States
Birth SignVirgo
Full/Birth Name
FatherNot Available
MotherNot Available
SiblingsNot Available
SpouseFlorence Gilbert , Emma Hulbert
Children(s)John Coleman Burroughs, Joan Burroughs, Hulbert Burroughs

Edgar Rice Burroughs Biography

Edgar Rice Burroughs is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on September 1, 1875 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. He is mentioned in author Harper Lee‘s only novel, To Kill a Mockingbird.

He married his childhood love, Emma Hulbert, in the winter of 1900. The couple’s daughter, Joan, eventually married James Pierce, an actor who played the title role in the film version of Burroughs’ Tarzan books.

His Barsoom series, set on a dying planet Mars, popularized the genre of the science fiction adventure novel.

Edgar Rice Burroughs Net Worth

Edgar is one of the richest Novelist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Edgar Rice Burroughs's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

He failed the U.S. Military Academy’s entrance examination and began writing when his work in the pencil-sharpening and wholesale businesses could no longer financially support his family.

Net Worth$5 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeNovelist
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Who is Edgar Rice Burroughs Dating?

According to our records, Edgar Rice Burroughs married to Florence Gilbert , Emma Hulbert . As of January 13, 2024, Edgar Rice Burroughs’s is not dating anyone.

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Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Edgar Rice Burroughs height Not available right now. Edgar weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

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WeightNot Known
Body MeasurementsUnder Review
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Facts & Trivia

Edgar Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Edgar Rice Burroughs celebrates birthday on September 1 of every year.

Which 5 books are by Edgar Rice Burroughs?

  • At the Earth’s Core (1914)
  • Pellucidar (1915)
  • Tanar of Pellucidar (1929)
  • Back to the Stone Age (1937)
  • Land of Terror (1944, written in 1939)
  • Savage Pellucidar (1963, stories from 1942)

Did Edgar Rice Burroughs ever go to Africa?

Here, we have a man who became famous for writing about a white hero in Africa, who had never been to Africa himself. It’s a peculiar picture, and one that can be helped by a bit of background.

Did Edgar Rice Burroughs write over 100 Tarzan books?

Burroughs wrote 24 Tarzan novels altogether, and the character became one of the first serialized in comic strips, appeared in an early version of the graphic novel and later showed up comic books and films.

Was Edgar Rice Burroughs a good writer?

Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American writer of adventure tales best known for creating one of the most popular and enduring characters in fiction, Tarzan.

What's Tarzan's real name?

Tarzan (White-skin) is his ape name; his English name is John Clayton, Lord Greystoke (the formal title is Viscount Greystoke according to Burroughs in Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle; Earl of Greystoke in later, non-canonical sources, notably the 1984 movie Greystoke).

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