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Sax Rohmer

Sax Rohmer, English-American author (died 1959)

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Born
February 15, 1883
Died
June 1, 1959
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1883

About Sax Rohmer

Arthur Henry "Sarsfield" Ward, better known as Sax Rohmer, was an English novelist. He is best remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Fu Manchu. His first published work was issued in 1903, when the short story "The Mysterious Mummy" was sold to Pearson's Weekly. He published his first book Pause! anonymously in 1910. Fu-Manchu, first published in a serialisation from October 1912 to June 1913.

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Sax Rohmer timeline

  1. His first published work was issued in 1903, when the short story "The Mysterious Mummy" was sold to Pearson's Weekly.
  2. He published his first book Pause! anonymously in 1910.
  3. Fu-Manchu, first published in a serialisation from October 1912 to June 1913.

The world when Sax Rohmer was born

Sax Rohmer was born in 1883. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineBrooklyn Bridge opens after 14 years of construction
  • Technology milestoneFirst standardized time zones adopted
  • World population~1.43B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderChester A. Arthur
  • U.S. population52.8M

1883 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Sax Rohmer's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18832026
Population52.8M341 million

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