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(LoC) Writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, best known for
his classic American novel The Great Gatsby, was born on September 24, 1896 in
St. Paul, Minnesota. Named for his distant cousin Francis Scott Key, author of
the "The Star-Spangled Banner," Fitzgerald was descended, on his father's side,
from a long line of Marylanders. His mother, Mary McQuillan, was the daughter of
an Irish immigrant who made his fortune as a wholesale grocer in St. Paul. Continued
Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Carl Van
Vechten Collection
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