James Hilton

British novelist and screenwriter (1900–1954).

Born September 9th, 1900 in Lancashire.

Died December 20th, 1954 at 54 years old in Long Beach (liver cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma).

Occupations
novelist, science fiction writer, screenwriter, writer

Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon