F. Scott Fitzgerald

By Corbin.Cox

  • F. Scott Fitzgerald was born

    F. Scott Fitzgerald was born
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  • Fitzgerald Family Moves to Minnesota

    Fitzgerald Family Moves to Minnesota
    After a failng job as a salesman in New York, Scotts dad moves the family back to St. Paul. In September Scott enrolls at St. Paul Academy.

  • Fitzgerald enters Princeton University

  • Fitzgerald falls in love with Ginevra King

  • Left Princeton without a degree.

  • Fitzgerald joins US Army

    Fitzgerald joins US Army

  • 2LT Scott Fitzgerald reported to Camp Sherrod

  • Fitzgerald Meets Zelda Sayre, the second girl he would fall in love with.

  • Zelda breaks off the engagement because of Scotts lack of fame. Scott publishes This Side of Paradise.

    Zelda breaks off the engagement because of Scotts lack of fame. Scott publishes This Side of Paradise.

  • Fitzgerald won fame and fortune for his first novel, THIS SIDE OF PARADISE

  • Birth of Daughter Scottie Fitzgerald

  • The U.S. stock market crashes, triggering the Great Depression

  • Zelda suffers her first nervous breakdown and spends much of the next year hospitalized

  • Scott and his family moves to Hollywood

  • F. Scott Fitzgerald Dies

    F. Scott Fitzgerald Dies