Edgar Rice Burroughs
September 01, 1875 – March 19, 1950
Countries:
USA
Place of Birth:
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Place of Death:
Encino, California, U.S.
Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American fiction writer best known for his celebrated and prolific output in the adventure and science-fiction genres. Among the most notable of his creations are the jungle hero Tarzan, the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter and the fictional landmass within Earth known as Pellucidar. Burroughs' California ranch is now the center of the Tarzana neighborhood in Los Angeles.