Earl Derr Biggers

American novelist and playwright (1884–1933)

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[15]
Date of birth: August 26, 1884, 1884^[10]
Date of death: April 5, 1933, 1933^[11]
Place of birth: Warren
Place of death: Pasadena
Country of citizenship: United States^[12]
Occupation: journalist, novelist, writer, playwright, crime fiction writer
Educated at: Harvard University, Warren G. Harding High School^[13]^[14]
Cause of death: myocardial infarction^[16]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[22]
Described by source: Library of the World's Best Literature^[21]
End of work period: 1933^[25]
Family name: Biggers^[17]
Given name: Earl, Derr^[18]^[19]
Manner of death: natural causes^[20]
Name in native language: Earl Derr Biggers^[23]
Start of work period: 1913^[24]
Writing language: English^[26]

🏷️ Also known as

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VIAF cluster ID: 59079038
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n81035377
GND ID: 122076524
AbART person ID: 72690
American Film Institute person ID: 42601
American National Biography ID: 1600122
Aozora Bunko author ID: 1274
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): BiggersEarlDerr1884-1933
Babelio author ID: 113798
Bibliopoche author ID: 8792
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 11892013c

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CANTIC ID: 981058599140906706
CBDB.cz author ID: 13532
CONOR.BG ID: 49385061
CONOR.SI ID: 119236963
DAHR artist ID: 103107
DDB person (GND) ID: 122076524
Dansk Forfatterleksikon ID: u5167
Databazeknih.cz author ID: 16395
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 122076524
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Earl-Derr-Biggers
Europeana entity: agent/base/61148
FAST ID: 70287
FES digital collections entity ID: 388060
Fandango person ID: 56849
Find a Grave memorial ID: 10197367
Freebase ID: /m/012cvp
Goodreads author ID: 224567
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Earl_Derr_Biggers
HAND ID: 0BE8-E0F6-96BC-8864-7470
IMDb ID: nm0081788
IdRef ID: 02672832X
Internet Broadway Database person ID: 5183
J9U entity ID: 987007308699105171
KBR person ID: 14592123
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 122076524
Kallías ID: PE00490893
Kinobox person ID: 838828
Libraries Australia ID: 35018600
LibriVox author ID: 5063
MusicBrainz artist ID: 06544de7-4975-4b12-877a-920b18344a6a
NE.se ID: earl-derr-biggers
NL CR AUT ID: xx0000462
NLA Trove people ID: 792998
NUKAT ID: n93080287
National Library of Greece ID: 106761
National Library of Korea ID: KAC199602515
National Library of Latvia ID: 000001952
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810534148805606
National Library of Portugal ID: 37689
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX857194
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 074685015
Online Books Page author ID: Biggers, Earl Derr, 1884-1933
Open Library ID: OL1706751A
OpenMLOL author ID: 22665
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803095505205
PMB – Personen der Moderne Basis person ID: 119720
Pontifical University of Salamanca ID: 1402623
Prabook ID: 217600
Project Gutenberg author ID: 714
Runeberg author ID: biggeear
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SVKKL authority ID: p0021534-Biggers-Earl-Derr-18841933
TMDB person ID: 120531
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID: 411
Unz Review author ID: BiggersEarlDerr
WikiTree person ID: Biggers-391
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJy4f6bYtmkmBBgbGrpwYP
Yale LUX ID: person/383f7357-3a2f-40a1-93d3-76c606bbedf8
ČSFD person ID: 931239

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Occupation 5

writer, journalist, playwright, novelist, crime fiction writer

Cause of death 1

myocardial infarction

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Educated at 1

Harvard University

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Place of birth 1

Warren

Place of death 1

Pasadena

Sex or gender 1

male

Writing language 1

English

← Creator 1

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Summary

Earl Derr Biggers was born on August 26, 1884^[1], in Warren^[2]. He died on April 5, 1933^[3], in Pasadena^[4]. He worked as a journalist^[5], novelist^[6], writer^[7], playwright^[8], and crime fiction writer^[9].

FAQs

Where was Earl Derr Biggers born?

Earl Derr Biggers was born in Warren^[2].

Where did Earl Derr Biggers die?

Earl Derr Biggers passed away in Pasadena^[4].

What did Earl Derr Biggers do for work?

Earl Derr Biggers worked as a journalist^[5], novelist^[6], writer^[7], playwright^[8], and crime fiction writer^[9].

Where did Earl Derr Biggers go to school?

Earl Derr Biggers was educated at Harvard University^[13] and Warren G. Harding High School^[14].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Earl Derr Biggers — place of birth (P19): Warren. Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2026-10-17. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Earl Derr Biggers — place of death (P20): Pasadena. Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2026-10-17. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Earl Derr Biggers — sex or gender (P21): male. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2018-11-04. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Earl Derr Biggers — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Earl Derr Biggers — educated at (P69): Harvard University. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Earl Derr Biggers — educated at (P69): Warren G. Harding High School. Retrieved 2021-03-04. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Earl Derr Biggers — occupation (P106): journalist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Earl Derr Biggers — occupation (P106): novelist. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Earl Derr Biggers — occupation (P106): writer. The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved 2021-04-01. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Earl Derr Biggers — occupation (P106): playwright. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Earl Derr Biggers — occupation (P106): crime fiction writer. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Earl Derr Biggers — cause of death (P509): myocardial infarction. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Earl Derr Biggers — date of birth (P569): August 26, 1884. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Earl Derr Biggers — date of birth (P569): January 1, 1884. bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Earl Derr Biggers — date of death (P570): April 5, 1933. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Earl Derr Biggers — date of death (P570): January 1, 1933. bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Earl Derr Biggers — family name (P734): Biggers. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Earl Derr Biggers — given name (P735): Earl. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-07-21. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Earl Derr Biggers — given name (P735): Derr. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Earl Derr Biggers — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Earl Derr Biggers — described by source (P1343): Library of the World's Best Literature. bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Earl Derr Biggers — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Earl Derr Biggers — name in native language (P1559): Earl Derr Biggers. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Earl Derr Biggers — start of work period (P2031): 1913. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Earl Derr Biggers — end of work period (P2032): 1933. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Earl Derr Biggers — writing language (P6886): English. wikidata.org.

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25d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗

"source for place of birth, source for place of death, source for date of birth, source for date of death from Store norske leksikon (…"
12w ago · Jssfrk · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗

HAND ID → 0BE8-E0F6-96BC-8864-7470

Runeberg author ID → biggeear

"Created claim: Runeberg author ID: biggeear, Matched to Earl Derr Biggers (#259383485) in Runeberg autho…"
19w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗

FES digital collections entity ID → 388060

"Created claim: FES digital collections entity ID: 388060, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782462304762"
21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗

SVKKL authority ID → p0021534-Biggers-Earl-Derr-18841933

"Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: p0021534-Biggers-Earl-Derr-18841933, batch #259499"
26w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Described by source → Library of the World's Best Literature

Start of work period → 1913

Country of citizenship → United States

Occupation → journalist, novelist, writer +1

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"Created claim: CANTIC ID: 981058599140906706, batch #257590"

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