Ernest Hemingway
Biography
10 facts about Ernest Hemingway
- He was born on July 21,1899
- His middle name is Miller
- Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois
- The second of six children
- Ernest Hemingway was born to Grace Hall and Clarence Edmonds Hemingway
- Grace Hall, Ernest's mom, was a singer
- Clarence Hemingway, Ernest's father, was a doctor
- Hemingway graduated from high school in 1917, 2 months after the outbreak of World War I
- Because of his poor eyesight, Hemingway could not join the army.
- Hemingway got a job as a cub reporter for "Kansas City Star" newspaper
10 facts about Ernest Hemingway
11. In Kansas City he discovered a way to join the war effort and in 1918 he sailed to Paris as an ambulance driver.
12. In 1921 he met his wife Hadley Richardson at a party
13. Shortly after the couple moved to Paris.
14. In 1923 he had his first child, a son.
15. In Paris in 1926 Hemingway met and fell in love with Pauline Pfieffer
16. Hadley Richardson agreed to a divorce.
17. In May of 1927 he married Pauline
18. Ernest and Pauline gave birth to a son in late 1928
19. In November 1960, Hemingway entered a clinic where he received a diagnosis for diabetes, cirrhosis, and depression
20. On July 2, Ernest Hemingway died due to a self-inflicting gun shot to the head.
Ernest and Hadley with their son John
Hemingway with his 2nd wife Pauline
Hemingway with 2nd son