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Jack London changed his name from John Griffith Chaney to embrace a new identity and distance himself from his troubled upbringing. He chose the pen name "Jack London" to better establish himself as a professional writer and to emphasize his adventurous spirit.

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12y ago

John Griffith Chaney is the name on his birth certificate but after his mother got married to John London (Jack London's stepfather) is mother renamed him to Jack London.

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John Griffith Chaney

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11y ago

He had many enemies.

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