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James Henry Schmitz (October 15, 1911 – April 18, 1981) was an American science fiction writer born in Hamburg, Germany of American parents. == Life == Schmitz was educated at a ''Realgymnasium'' in Hamburg, and grew up speaking both English and German. The family spent World War I in the United States, then returned to Germany. Schmitz traveled to Chicago in 1930 to go to business school, then switched to a correspondence course in journalism. Unable to find a job because of the Great Depression, he returned to Germany to work with his father's company.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= James H. Schmitz () )〕 Schmitz lived in various German cities, where he worked for the International Harvester Company,〔 until his family left shortly before World War II broke out in Europe.〔 During World War II, Schmitz served as an aerial photographer in the Pacific for the United States Army Air Corps. After the war, he and his brother-in-law managed a business which manufactured trailers until they ended the business in 1949.〔 After the war, he made his home in California, where he lived until his death.〔 Schmitz died of congestive lung failure〔 in 1981 after a five-week stay in hospital in Los Angeles. He was survived by his wife, Betty Mae Chapman Schmitz. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James H. Schmitz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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