Edgar Rice Burroughs

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Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author best known for creating the iconic adventure characters Tarzan and John Carter of Mars.

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instanceOf adventure fiction writer
fantasy writer
human
novelist
science fiction writer
short story writer
birthDate 1875-09-01
birthPlace Chicago, Illinois, United States
burialPlace Tarzana
surface form: Tarzana, California, United States
causeOfDeath heart attack
child Hulbert Burroughs
Joan Burroughs
John Coleman Burroughs
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
createdCharacter John Carter
Tarzan
createdSeries Barsoom series
Pellucidar series
Tarzan films
surface form: Tarzan series

The Land That Time Forgot series
deathDate 1950-03-19
educatedAt Michigan Military Academy
Phillips Academy Andover
familyName Burroughs
founded Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
genre adventure fiction
fantasy
science fiction
givenName Edgar
hasAdaptation John Carter comics
Tarzan films
influencedGenre planetary romance
pulp fiction
languageOfWorkOrName English
militaryService United States Army
name Edgar Rice Burroughs self-link
notableWork A Princess of Mars
At the Earth’s Core (film)
surface form: At the Earth’s Core

Tarzan of the Apes
The Gods of Mars
The Land That Time Forgot
The Warlord of Mars
occupation author
publisher
residence Tarzana
surface form: Tarzana, California, United States
servedIn United States Army 7th Cavalry Regiment
surface form: Seventh U.S. Cavalry
spouse Emma Hulbert
Florence Gilbert Dearholt
writingPeriod 20th century

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Tarzan basedOnAuthor Edgar Rice Burroughs
subject surface form: Tarzan (1999 film)
All-Story Weekly authorPublished Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan and the Lost City basedOn Edgar Rice Burroughs
this entity surface form: works of Edgar Rice Burroughs
Sam Rice fullName Edgar Rice Burroughs
this entity surface form: Edgar Charles Rice
Philip José Farmer influencedBy Edgar Rice Burroughs
John Carter (film) authorOfSourceMaterial Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Adventures of Tarzan (serial involvement noted historically) creatorOfOriginalWork Edgar Rice Burroughs
subject surface form: The Adventures of Tarzan
The Adventures of Tarzan (serial involvement noted historically) adaptationOfWorkBy Edgar Rice Burroughs
subject surface form: The Adventures of Tarzan
Tarzana locatedOnLandFormerlyOwnedBy Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs name Edgar Rice Burroughs self-link
John Carter basedOnWorkBy Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan (2013 film) basedOnWorkBy Edgar Rice Burroughs
The All-Story notableContributor Edgar Rice Burroughs