Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr. was an American journalist and novelist during the Progressive Era, whose fiction was predominantly in the naturalist genre. His notable works include McTeague: A Story of San Francisco, The Octopus: A Story of... Wikipedia
Born: March 5, 1870, Chicago, IL
Died: October 25, 1902 (age 32 years), San Francisco, CA
Education: Harvard University and University of California, Berkeley
Parents: Benjamin Franklin Norris and Gertrude Glorvina Doggett
Siblings: Charles Gilman Norris
Children: Jeannette Williamson Norris
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