wynalazki: Jack London

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John Griffith London (né Chaney; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of animal welfare, workers' rights and socialism. London wrote several works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, and Before Adam. His most famous works include The Call of…

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Jack London, American Public Intellectual

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Jack the Ripper was an unidentified serial killer active in and around the impoverished Whitechapel district of the East End of London, in 1888. In both criminal case files and the contemporaneous journalistic accounts, the killer was also called the Whitechapel Murderer and Leather Apron. Attacks ascribed to Jack the Ripper typically involved women working as prostitutes who lived in the slums of the East End of London. Their throats were cut prior to abdominal mutilations. The removal of internal organs from at least three of the victims led to speculation that the killer had some anatomical or surgical knowledge. Rumours that the murders were connected intensified in September and Octobe…

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Steele, John Scott, (15 Dec. 1870–8 Jan. 1947), journalist and broadcaster, retired; London and European Representative, Mutual Broadcasting System Inc.(1936–46)

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Ross, Alan John, (6 May 1922–14 Feb. 2001), author, publisher and journalist; Editor of London Magazine, since 1961; Managing Director, London Magazine Editions (Publishers), since 1965

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JACK LONDON’S PLACE IN AMERICAN LITERATURE

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Jack Jones (24 November 1884 – 7 May 1970) was a Welsh miner, Trade Union official, politician, novelist and playwright.

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head coach John Chaney (basketball, born 1920) (1920–2004), American basketball player and assistant coach John Griffith Chaney or Jack London (1876–1916)

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Melanie Richards Griffith (born August 9, 1957) is an American actress. Born in Manhattan to actress Tippi Hedren, she was raised mainly in Los Angeles, where she graduated from the Hollywood Professional School at age 16. In 1975, 17-year-old Griffith appeared opposite Gene Hackman in Arthur Penn's neo-noir film Night Moves. She later rose to prominence as an actor in films including Brian De Palma's Body Double (1984), which earned her a National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. Griffith's subsequent performance in the comedy Something Wild (1986) attracted critical acclaim before she was cast in 1988's Working Girl, which earned her a nomination for the Academy…

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John Griffith (16 December 1821 - 13 December 1877) was a Welsh journalist based in London. He was known by his pen name "Y Gohebydd" (The Correspondent).

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Jack London was an Australian men's fashion label founded in 2008. Part of the Factory X group of brands including Alannah Hill, Gorman and Dangerfield, Jack London had a number of stores across Australia, as well as concession stores in select Myer department stores. Jack London is not named after the American author Jack London, but rather the name comes from the brand's desire to emulate the London designers of the 1960s. All physical retail stores closed in August 2021, and the brand operated purely online until its closure in September 2025 to facilitate a final liquidation sale.

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Charmian London (née Kittredge; November 27, 1871 – January 14, 1955) was an American writer and the second wife of Jack London.