F. Scott Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American fiction writer, whose works helped to illustrate the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age. While he achieved popular success, fame, and fortune in his lifetime, he did not receive much critical acclaim until after his death. Perhaps the most notable member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s, Fitzgerald is now widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. He finished four novels: "This Side of Paradise", "The Beautiful and Damned", "The Great Gatsby", and "Tender Is
Egerton Leigh Winthrop Charlotte was married to lawyer Robert Ludlow Fowler Jr. (1887–1974) in 1914, with her Winthrop grandfather walking her down the aisle. Ludlow, as her husband was known, was a close friend of author F. Scott Fitzgerald and served as best man at the wedding of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald based the main character of his short story, "The Rich Boy" on Fowler. Charlotte and Ludlow were the parents of Robert Ludlow Fowler III (1919–1942) and Angela Fowler (1915–1989), who married Craig Wylie (1908–1976). Egerton Leigh Winthrop Egerton Leigh Winthrop (October 7, 1838April 6, 1916) was an American lawyer