Legacies Rememebered
People who changed the world
  • Index of People Who Changed the World
  • Index of People Who Changed the World
  • Home
  • /
  • Uncategorized

Jack London – 1876-1916

Jack LondonLondon was born John Griffith Chaney in San Francisco and led a life as an adventurous hobo-drifter, educating himself in public libraries. Inspired by the “superman” philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, he began to write stories of man against the elements, each tale suffused with his romantic interpretation of Nietzsche’s amoral will to survive and dominate. London wrote rapidly and became the most highly paid author in America. His most memorable works include Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906)—both set in Alaska—and The Sea Wolf (1904), his fullest portrait of the hero as a Nietzschean superman. No American writer has been more widely translated.

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Natalie. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink.
Richard Loeb – 1905-1936
Huey Long – 1893-1935

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *




    Categories

    • Anthropologists
    • Architects
    • Astronomers
    • Biologists
    • Botanists
    • Cartographers
    • Chemists
    • Geneticians
    • Geologists
    • Humanitarians
    • Inventors
    • Mathematicians
    • Oceanographer
    • Photographers
    • Physicians
    • Physicists
    • Programmers
    • Researchers
    • Scientists
    • Uncategorized
    • Writers

Recent Posts

  • Vladimir Zworykin – 1889-1982
  • Florenz Ziegfeld – 1869-1932
  • John Peter Zenger – 1697-1746
  • Frank Zappa – 1940-1993
  • Younger Brothers
  • Brigham Young – 1801-1877
  • George Wythe – 1726-1806
  • Richard Wright – 1980-1960
  • Orville and Wilbur Wright – 1871–1948 and 1867–1912
  • Frank Lloyd Wright – 1867-1959

Recent Comments

  • Harold Gehrmann on Francis Crick / James Watson

Categories

  • Anthropologists
  • Architects
  • Astronomers
  • Biologists
  • Botanists
  • Cartographers
  • Chemists
  • Geneticians
  • Geologists
  • Humanitarians
  • Inventors
  • Mathematicians
  • Oceanographer
  • Photographers
  • Physicians
  • Physicists
  • Programmers
  • Researchers
  • Scientists
  • Uncategorized
  • Writers
Powered by