British novelist whose best-known works are Lost Horizon (1933), set in the fictional land of Shangri-La, and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1934). |
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American hotel-chain organizer who acquired hotels in many American cities and in 1946 founded the Hilton Hotel Corporation. |
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