Hilton, James

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Name
Hilton, James Gender: M
born on 9 September 1900 at 02:10 (= 02:10 AM )
Place Leigh, England, 53n30, 2w33
Timezone GMT h0w (is standard time)
Data source
From memory Rodden Rating A
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_vircol.18.gif 15°56' s_mo.18.gif s_piscol.18.gif 14°11 Asc.s_leocol.18.gif 10°33'



Biography

British-American novelist whose first novel, "Catherine Herself," was published in 1921 when he was only 20 years old. Hilton is widely known for "Goodbye, Mr. Chips," "Lost Horizon," 1933 and "Random Harvest, " 1941. These books, and others, all eventually became motion pictures. He was considered a keen mountaineer and a modest and retiring man who enjoyed music and travel.

Hilton died of liver cancer on 12/20/1954, Hollywood, CA.

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Events

  • Death by Disease 20 December 1954 (Cancer, age 54)
  • Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1921 (First novel, "Catherine Herself")
  • Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1933 ("Lost Horizon")
  • Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1941 ("Random Harvest")

Source Notes

C.E.O. Carter quotes him in AQ, Spring/1955

Categories

  • Vocation : Writers : Fiction
  • Lifestyle : Home : Expatriate (Moved to U.S.)
  • Notable : Book Collection : American Book
  • Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Cancer (Liver, terminal)
  • Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession
  • Lifestyle : Social Life : Travel
  • Vocation : Travel : Adventurer (Mountain climber)

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