Ian Fleming(1908-1964)
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Born into a wealthy and influential English family, Ian Fleming spent
his early years attending top British schools such as Eton and
Sandhurst military academy. He took to writing while schooling in
Kitzbuhel, Austria, and upon failing the entrance requirements for
Foreign Service joined the news agency Reuters as a journalist --
winning the respect of his peers for his coverage of a "show trial" in
Russia of several Royal Engineers on espionage charges. Fleming briefly
worked in the financial sector for the family bank, but just prior to
the Second World War, was recruited into British Naval Intelligence
where he excelled, shortly achieving the rank of Commander. When the
war ended, Fleming retired to Jamaica where he built a house called
"Goldeneye," took up writing full-time and created the character that
would make him famous -- British Secret Service agent James Bond, in a
novel called "Casino Royale." Fleming spent the rest of his life
writing and traveling the world, but as his Bond character reached new
heights of popularity on movie screens, Fleming was in ailing health.
He died of a heart attack (his second) in England in August 1964 at the
age of 56.
