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F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby Early Biography Sept 24,1896: Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald born in St. Paul, MN His parents were Mary McQuillan, the daughter of Irish immigrants, and Edward Fitzgerald, a salesman. Both were Catholic. Attended the St. Paul Academy, then the Newman School, a Catholic prep school in New Jersey. Scott Zelda Fitzgerald On academic probation, Fitzgerald joined the army as a 2nd lieutenant in 1917. June 1918: While on assignment in Montgomery, AL, he fell in love with Zelda Sayre, daughter of an Alabama Supreme Court judge. She broke off their engage