Earl Derr Biggers
American
Earl Derr Biggers was a notable American novelist, playwright and the creator of the fictional Chinese American detective Charlie Chan. - AsNotedIn
Earl Derr Biggers was a notable American novelist, playwright and the creator of the fictional Chinese American detective Charlie Chan. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1884/08/26 | Earl Derr Biggers is born the son of Robert J and Emma E (Derr) Biggers in Warren, Ohio. | Born | |||||
| 1913/00/00 | Earl Derr Biggers' novel "Seven Keys to Baldpate" is published. A bestseller, it will be adapted by George M Cohan into a play in 1913, which in turn will be adapted several times for film, radio and TV. | Author | |||||
| 1917/00/00 | Gordon and Ethel Mace and Gordon's two brothers, Charles and Stuart Mace open The Baldpate Inn. Named after a E D Biggers's novel, Seven Keys to Baldpate, the inn boast hot running water, electric lights and indoor plumbing. | Author | Baldpate Inn | Estes Park | |||
| 1919/00/00 | Earl Derr Biggers is inspired to write the "House Without a Key" while staying in a cottage at Gray's-By-the Sea (razed) at Grays beach. | Vacation | House Without a Key (book) | Halekulani | Honolulu | ||
| 1924/00/00 | In an obscure corner of an inside page, I found ... Chinese, being too fond of opium, had been arrested by Sergeants Chang Apana and Lee Fook, of the Honolulu Police. - EDB, paging through a Hawaiian newspaper in the Reading Room of the NY Public Library | Author | House Without a Key (book) | Chinatown Historic District, Honolulu | Honolulu | ||
| 1924/00/00 | In an obscure corner of an inside page, I found ... Chinese, being too fond of opium, had been arrested by Sergeants Chang Apana and Lee Fook, of the Honolulu Police. - EDB, paging through a Hawaiian newspaper in the Reading Room of the NY Public Library | Author | House Without a Key (book) | New York Public Library | New York City | ||
| 1925/01/24 | 'The Saturday Evening Post' begins syndication of Derr Biggers' "The House Without a Key". | Author | House Without a Key (book) | Opening of Tourism in Hawaii | |||
| 1925/03/00 | Every morning at 9:00, Biggers walks from 609 S Hudson Ave to a small rented office in a building next to the Pasadena Star-News, and works on the "The Chinese Parrot". "I try to imagine I'm out to make the next edition." - EDB | Author | The Chinese Parrot (book) | The Pasadena Star-News Building | Pasadena, CA | ||
| 1926/06/26 | Saturday Evening Post serilizes "The Chinese Parrot" 26 June to 24 July 1926. | Author | The Chinese Parrot (book) | ||||
| 1928/00/00 | Detective Chang Apana meets Earl Derr Biggers at the newly opened Royal Hawaiian Hotel. | Author | House Without a Key (book) | Royal Hawaiian Hotel | Honolulu | ||
| 1933/03/26 | After two years of poor health, Earl Derr Biggers suffers a heart attack while resting in Palm Springs, California. | Health | |||||
| 1933/04/05 | Earl Derr Biggers dies in a Pasadena, California hospital. | Died |
2 Creative Works by Earl Derr Biggers »
| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
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| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
| House Without a Key (book) | Author | Novel | 1925/01/24 | |
| The Chinese Parrot (book) | Author | Novel | 1926/06/26 |
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