Edgar Rice Burroughs Net Worth
Edgar Rice Burroughs Net Worth is
$300,000
Edgar Rice Burroughs Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
His father had been a major in the Union army during the Civil War. Edgar Rice Burroughs attended the Brown School then, due to a diphtheria epidemic, Miss Coolie's Maplehurst School for Girls, then the Harvard School, Phillips Andover and the Michigan Military Academy. He was a mediocre student and flunked his examination for West Point. He ... Full Name | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
Date Of Birth | September 1, 1875, Chicago, Illinois, United States |
Died | March 19, 1950, Encino, California, United States |
Place Of Birth | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
Profession | Writer, Producer |
Education | Michigan Military Academy, Phillips Academy |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Florence Gilbert, Emma Hulbert |
Children | John Coleman Burroughs, Joan Burroughs, Hulbert Burroughs |
Parents | Major George Tyler Burroughs, Mary Evaline Zieger Burroughs |
Nominations | Hugo Award for Best Short Story, Hugo Award for Best All-Time Series, Retro Hugo Award for Best Novel |
Movies | John Carter |
TV Shows | Tarzan, The Legend of Tarzan, Tarzan: The Epic Adventures, Tarzán, Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle |
Star Sign | Virgo |
# | Quote |
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1 | Were there no desire there would be no virtue, and because one man desires what another does not, who shall say whether the child of his desire be Vice or Virtue? |
2 | Love is a strange master, and human nature is still stranger. |
3 | The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs. |
4 | She did not admire him any more than she had. It was merely that she considered him the Lesser of two evils. |
5 | It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal. |
6 | Imagination is but another name for super intelligence. |
7 | I write to escape; to escape poverty. |
8 | Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed. |
9 | I loved her. I still love her, though I curse her in my sleep, so nearly one are love and hate, the two most powerful and devastating emotions that control man, nations, life. |
10 | Death, only, renders hope futile. |
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1 | Was a drifter for seven years and supported himself with low-paid jobs such as selling pencil sharpeners before he began writing. |
2 | His writings have been cited as a huge influence by numerous writers, artists and scientists such as Ray Bradbury, Carl Sagan, Arthur Clarke, Jane Goodall, Ronald Reagan, Billy Graham, George Lucas, and James Cameron. |
3 | By the time of his death, he was the world's best-selling author. |
4 | Great-grandfather of film director Wes Anderson. |
5 | Upon his death, his remains were interred under the walnut tree at the Burroughs Office Building in Tarzana, Los Angeles, California. |
6 | The Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., company offices are located on Ventura Blvd. in Tarzana (CA) and the setting is literally a jungle oasis housing memorabilia from the era of the Tarzan creator. His former home in Chicago's Oak Park, where he grew up, is still standing and a bronze marker noting this was placed in the front yard at 700 Linden Ave. on the 100th anniversary of his birth. |
7 | Pictured on a nondeminated ("forever") USA commemorative postage stamp, issued 17 August 2012 in Tarzana, California. The initial issue price was 45¢. |
8 | A publisher who had intended to reject Burroughs' book, "The Outlaw of Torn", wrote him to say, "My reviewer was up half the night reading it!" |
9 | Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin once said that Burroughs was his favorite author. |
10 | Most of his stories are written in the first person. |
11 | His first Mars book was written under the pseudonym Normal Bean. The publishers thought that it was a typographical error, and changed it to 'Norman Bean.' Burroughs' assumption was that nobody would take the story seriously, and therefore used this pseudonym to infer that he is in "a normal state of mind.". |
12 | Didn't start writing until the age of 35. |
13 | An excellent guide to Burroughs' Mars books is "A Guide to Barsoom" by John Flint Roy. |
14 | Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, Vol. 131, pages 47-51. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005. |
15 | The city of Tarzana, California, where Burroughs spent the last years of his life, was named in honor of his most famous creation, Tarzan. |
16 | Burroughs' second wife, Florence Gilbert, was earlier married to producer / actor Ashton Dearholt. |
Writer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | 1984 | novel "Tarzan of the Apes" | |
Tarzan the Ape Man | 1981 | characters | |
The People That Time Forgot | 1977 | based upon "The People That Time Forgot" by | |
Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle | 1976 | TV Series characters | |
At the Earth's Core | 1976 | novel | |
Tarzán en las minas del rey Salomón | 1974 | characters - uncredited | |
The Land That Time Forgot | 1974 | novel | |
Tarzan's Deadly Silence | 1970 | characters - uncredited | |
Tarzan and the Jungle Boy | 1968 | characters | |
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion | 1967 | characters - uncredited | |
Tarzan and the Great River | 1967 | characters | |
Tarzan | 1966 | TV Series character | |
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold | 1966 | characters | |
Per una manciata d'oro | 1965 | characters | |
Tarzan's Three Challenges | 1963 | characters | |
Tarzan Goes to India | 1962 | based on the characters created by | |
Tarzan the Magnificent | 1960 | based on the characters created by | |
Tarzan, the Ape Man | 1959 | character | |
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure | 1959 | characters created by | |
Tarzan and the Trappers | 1958 | TV Movie characters | |
Tarzan's Fight for Life | 1958 | characters | |
Tarzan and the Lost Safari | 1957 | characters | |
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle | 1955 | based upon the characters created by | |
Tarzan and the She-Devil | 1953 | based upon the characters created by | |
Tarzan Istanbulda | 1952 | novel - uncredited | |
Tarzan's Savage Fury | 1952 | based on the character created by | |
Tarzan's Peril | 1951 | characters | |
Tarzan and the Slave Girl | 1950 | based upon the characters created by | |
Tarzan's Magic Fountain | 1949 | based upon the characters created by | |
Tarzan and the Mermaids | 1948 | based upon characters created by | |
Tarzan and the Huntress | 1947 | based upon the characters created by | |
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman | 1946 | based upon the characters created by | |
Tarzan and the Amazons | 1945 | based on the characters created by | |
Tarzan's Desert Mystery | 1943 | based upon characters created by | |
The Underground World | 1943 | Short novel "At the Earth's Core" - uncredited | |
Tarzan Triumphs | 1943 | based upon the characters created by | |
Tarzan's New York Adventure | 1942 | based upon the characters created by | |
Tarzan's Secret Treasure | 1941 | based upon the characters created by | |
Jungle Girl | 1941 | novel "Jungle Girl" | |
Zhongguo Yeren Wang | 1940 | writer | |
Tarzan Finds a Son! | 1939 | based upon the characters created by | |
Tarzan and the Green Goddess | 1938 | characters - uncredited | |
Tarzan's Revenge | 1938 | based on a novel by | |
Tarzan Escapes | 1936 | based upon the characters created by | |
The Lion Man | 1936 | story "The Lad and The Lion" | |
The New Adventures of Tarzan | 1935/I | novel | |
Tarzan and His Mate | 1934 | based upon the characters created by | |
Tarzan the Fearless | 1933 | story | |
Tarzan the Ape Man | 1932 | based upon the characters created by | |
Tarzan the Tiger | 1929 | novel "Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar" | |
Tarzan the Mighty | 1928 | novel "Jungle Tales of Tarzan" | |
Tarzan and the Golden Lion | 1927 | novel | |
The Adventures of Tarzan | 1921 | novel "The Return of Tarzan" | |
The Revenge of Tarzan | 1920 | novel | |
The Son of Tarzan | 1920 | novel | |
The Oakdale Affair | 1919 | novel | |
The Romance of Tarzan | 1918 | novel "Tarzan of the Apes" | |
Tarzan of the Apes | 1918 | novel | |
The Lad and the Lion | 1917 | novel | |
The Legend of Tarzan | 2016 | "Tarzan" stories" | |
Tarzan | 2013 | novel | |
John Carter | 2012 | based on the story "A Princess of Mars" by | |
Princess of Mars | 2009 | Video characters - uncredited / novel | |
The Land That Time Forgot | 2009 | Video novel | |
Tarzan II | 2005 | Video "Tarzan" stories | |
Tarzan | 2003 | TV Series characters - 7 episodes | |
Tarzan & Jane | 2002 | "Tarzan" stories | |
The Legend of Tarzan | 2001 | TV Series characters - 1 episode | |
Kaj og Andrea | 2000 | TV Series characters Tarzan and Jane - 1 episode | |
Tarzan Activity Center | 1999 | Video Game based on characters by | |
Tarzan | 1999 | story "Tarzan of the Apes" | |
Tarzan of the Apes | 1998 | Video novel | |
Tarzan and the Lost City | 1998 | stories | |
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures | 1996 | TV Series characters | |
Tarzán | 1991 | TV Series characters | |
Tarzan in Manhattan | 1989 | TV Movie stories written by | |
Tarzan | 1984 | Video Game characters |
Producer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Tarzan and the Green Goddess | 1938 | producer - uncredited | |
The New Adventures of Tarzan | 1935/II | producer | |
The New Adventures of Tarzan | 1935/I | producer |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 6 | 1922 | Documentary short | Himself |
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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John Carter: 100 Years in the Making | 2012 | Video documentary short | Himself |