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Sax Rohmer
BornArthur Henry Ward
(1883-02-15)15 February 1883
Birmingham, England
Died1 June 1959(1959-06-01) (aged 76)
London, England
Pen nameSax Rohmer, Michael Furey, Arthur Sarsfield Ward
OccupationNovelist

Arthur Henry "Sarsfield" Ward[1] (15 February 1883 – 1 June 1959), better known as Sax Rohmer, was an English novelist. He is best remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Fu Manchu.[2]

  1. ^ "Ward, Arthur Henry [Arthur Sarsfield Ward; pseud. Sax Rohmer] (1883–1959), writer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39472. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ "Rohmer, Sax" by Jack Adrian in David Pringle, St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers. London: St. James Press, 1998; ISBN 1558622063 (pp. 482–484).

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