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Edgar Rice Burroughs , 1875-1950, American novelist, creator of the character Tarzan. He is the author of Tarzan of the Apes (1914) and numerous other jungle and science fiction thrillers.

Bibliography: See biography by J. Taliaferro (1999).

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Burroughs, Edgar Rice (1875–1950), American novelist and writer of science fiction, remembered principally for his adventure stories about Tarzan, who first appeared in Tarzan of the Apes (1914).

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