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F. Scott Fitzgerald is born
F.Scott Fitzgerald was born in 1896,St Paul Minnesota. He was the third child of furniture aanufacturer Edward Fitzgerald and Mary Molly McQuillan -
Enters Princeton
F. Scott Fitzgerald enrolls in Princeton within the class of 1917.He ends up failing a bunch of his classes, which inevitably gets him on academic probation. In addition, he became friends with men who would become future literary figures such as critic Edmund Wilson and the poet John Peale Bishop. -
Joined the U.S Army
F. Scott Fitzgerald was on academic probation in 1917. He decided to join the U.S army. He feared that he would die fighting in World War 1 so he hurriedly wrote his first novel, The Romantic Egoist but it was sadly rejected when he submitted it to Scribner's. -
F. Scott Fitzgerald Meets his future wife Zelda
F. Scott Fitzgerald meets his future wife, Zelda at a country club in Montgomery Alabama -
Disharged From The Army
Was discharged in February of 1919. He took a advertising job in New York,hoping to marry Zelda but the she broke the engagement due to Fitzgerald lack of fame and wealth. -
F. Scott Fitzgerald marries Zelda
Once Side of Paradise is published 1920 Zelda accepts Fitzgerald's hand in marriage. -
Fitzgerald Publishes his first short story collection
Publishes his first short story collection Flappers and Philosophers” in 1920. This brings F. Scott Fitzgerald to his stardom to fame and what leads his muse, Zelda Sayre to finally accepting his hand is marriage. -
F. Scott Fitzgerald has a Daughter
F. Scott Fitzgerald's first and only child Frances Scott “Scottie” Fitzgerald is born 1921 -
Beautiful and Damned Is Published
Beautiful and Damned is Published in 1922 -
The Great Gatsby is Published
The Great Gatsby was published in 1925. This was by far his most popular work and what he was mainly known for.The book talks about the American dream and how it is illusory. -
Tender is the Night
Tender is the Night was written in 1934 -
The move to Hollywood
Broke and desperate F. Scott Fitzgerald decided to try his hand at movies and in 1937 he moved to Hollywood -
Death At Age 44
F. Scott Fitzgerald died at the age of 44 due to a heart attack in 1944. This mainly due to his drinking problems he picked up around the 1920's.
