Jacques Futrelle
Personal information
- Known for
- Writing
- Known credits
- 10
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- April 9, 1875
- Died
- April 15, 1912
- Place of birth
- Pike County, Georgia, USA
- Also known as
- Jacques Heath Futrelle
Biography
Jacques Heath Futrelle (April 9, 1875 – April 15, 1912) was an American journalist and mystery writer. He is best known for writing short detective stories featuring Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, also known as "The Thinking Machine" for his use of logic. Futrelle died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
