Walter Brown Gibson is a journalist, writer, stage magician (United States).
Walter Brown Gibson (September 12, 1897 – December 6, 1985) was an American writer and professional magician, best known for his work on the pulp fiction character The Shadow, and as a ghost-writer for many of his friend Harry Houdini's books. Gibson, under the pen-name Maxwell Grant, wrote 282 of the original 325 'The Shadow' novels/novellas during the 1930s/1940s, writing up to "10,000 words a day" to satisfy public demand during the character's golden age.. He authored several novels in the Biff Brewster juvenile series of the 1960s. He was married to Litzka R. Gibson, also a writer, and the couple lived in New York state.
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| Born | 12 September 1897 |
| Profession | journalist, writer, stage magician |
| Nationality | United States |
| Educated at | Colgate University, Springside Chestnut Hill Academy |
| Children | Robert W. Gibson |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Pisces |
| Nakshatra | Revati (Pada 1) |
| Sun Sign | Leo |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Sagittarius |
| Birth data reliability | Reference |
Birth details come from a published reference (source: Internet) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 314 writers and poets with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 26 of them (8%) have the Moon in Pisces, like Walter Brown Gibson, and 10 (3%) share the Revati Nakshatra — the #17 most common Moon Nakshatra among writers and poets, where Shravana leads with 18 (6%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Walter Brown Gibson was born on 12 September 1897. Birth details come from a published reference (source: Internet) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Walter Brown Gibson's Moon sign (Rashi) is Pisces and the Nakshatra is Revati, pada 1, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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