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Jacques Futrelle

Jacques Futrelle
Jacques Futrelle, American journalist and author (d. 1912)

Jacques Heath Futrelle was an American journalist and mystery writer. He is best known for writing short detective stories featuring Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, also known as "The Thinking Machine" for his use of logic. He died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic.

9 April 1875

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