| LC control no. | n 86012047 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3515.U277 |
| Personal name heading | Hughes, Rupert, 1872-1956 |
| Located | California |
| Birth date | 1872-01-31 |
| Death date | 1956-09-09 |
| Place of birth | Lancaster (Mo.) |
| Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Fiction Playwriting Motion pictures--Production and direction Motion picture authorship Composition (Music) Poetry Novels |
| Affiliation | New York (State). National Guard California. National Guard Adelbert College Yale University |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Dramatists Motion picture producers and directors Screenwriters Composers Poets |
| Found in | NUCMC from LOC, Mss. Div. for Kilmer, J. Papers, 1910-1941 (Rupert Hughes) WwWA, 1960 (Hughes, Rupert; author; s. Felix Turner & Jean Amelia (Summerlin) H.; m. Elizabeth Patterson Dial (d. 1945); active in Calif. Nat'l Guard; author fiction, drama, radio sketches; motion pict. dir.) LC data base, 3-27-87 (hdg.: Hughes, Rupert, 1872-1956) Wikipedia web site, June 4, 2020: (Rupert Hughes (January 31, 1872 - September 9, 1956) was an American novelist, film director, Oscar-nominated screenwriter, military officer, and music composer. Hughes first published a poem while still a child growing up in Lancaster. After receiving his basic public education in Keokuk and at a private military academy near St. Charles, Missouri, he attended Adelbert College in Ohio, earning a B.A. in 1892 and M.A. in 1894. Originally intending a career teaching English Literature, Hughes later attended Yale University, earning a second M.A. degree in 1899 ; b. January 31, 1872, Lancaster, Missouri ; d. September 9, 1956 (aged 84), Los Angeles, California ; Hughes enlisted in the New York National Guard as a private in 1897 ; Hughes continued his part-time military career after moving to California, joining the state militia. He was a key member of its reorganization in 1940 into the California Army National Guard and as Colonel commanded one of its regiments from 1941 to 1943. At age 71 and with health becoming frail, Colonel Hughes was passed over for service in a combat zone again and retired from military service) |
| Associated language | eng |
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