Harry Leon Wilson | |
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Born | Oregon, Illinois, U.S. | May 1, 1867
Died | June 28, 1939 Carmel, California, U.S. | (aged 72)
Occupation(s) | Novelist, dramatist |
Years active | 1886–1939 |
Spouse(s) | Wilbertine Nesselrode Teters (m. 1898–1900) Rose O'Neill (m. 1902–1907) Helen MacGowan Cooke (m. 1912–1927) |
Harry Leon Wilson (May 1, 1867 – June 28, 1939) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his novels Ruggles of Red Gap and Merton of the Movies. Another of his works, Bunker Bean, helped popularize the term "flapper".[1]