Birth and Life

Jerome Klapka Jerome

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Date of birth 2. 5. 1859
Country of birth England

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Death

Date of death 14. 6. 1927
Cemetery St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Ewelme, Oxfordshire, England
GPS coordinates of the cemetery 51.617737, -1.067470

Summary from Wikipedia

Jerome was born at Belsize House, 1 Caldmore Road, in Caldmore, Walsall, England. He was the fourth child of Marguerite Jones and Jerome Clapp (who later renamed himself Jerome Clapp Jerome), an ironmonger and lay preacher who dabbled in architecture.[3] He had two sisters, Paulina and Blandina, and one brother, Milton, who died at an early age. Jerome was registered as Jerome Clapp Jerome,[4] like his father's amended name, and the Klapka appears to be a later variation (after the exiled Hungarian general György Klapka). The family fell into poverty owing to bad investments in the local mini ...

Author of contribution: Janez, published 24. 1. 2016

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