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born: 9/28/1888
died: 8/14/1937
born as: Herman Cyril McNeile

British soldier and novelist who won immediate fame with his thriller Bull-Dog Drummond(1920), subtitled "The Adventures of a Demobilized Officer Who Found Peace Dull." Sapper published numerous popular sequels, but none had the impact and merit of the origional. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature