Date of birth: 20 March 1863
Date of death: 15 May 1930
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Born in British Guyana, he spent his early life alternating between the West Indies and England and graduated in mathematics from Cambridge University (Wikipedia). He started in teaching but began a very successful writing career in 1894.

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Victor Hugo

Victor-Marie Hugo was a French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France.

In France, Hugo's literary fame comes first from his poetry but also rests upon his novels and his dramatic achievements. Among man...