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Spillane, Mickey
The American author Frank Morrison Spillane was born in Brooklyn, New York, to an Irish Catholic father and Scottish Presbyterian mother. He was christened twice; Michael was his Catholic baptismal name. At school he was known as Morrison Spillane, and as an adult he took the name Mickey, which was his father’s nickname for him.
When he was still very young, the family moved to Elizabeth, New J...
Literary figures
George Challenger
Gender: Male
Professor Challenger is an impressive figure – in several ways. He is a research scientist in various subjects, has a large body and an enormous head, a black full beard and a dominating personality. He is also conceited and has a bad temper, as well as being the main character if three novels with a specific fantasy element by Arthur Conan Doyle, who based him on a teacher he had himself been t...