- Born
- Died
- James Bond was born on January 4, 1900 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Mary Bond. He died on February 14, 1989 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- SpouseMary Bond(August 23, 1953 - February 14, 1989) (his death)
- His wife, Mary Bond, on her husband's behalf, wrote to Ian Fleming in 1961 regarding the use of her husband's name. Ian Fleming wrote back saying, "I must confess that your husband has every reason to sue me.... In return, I can only offer your James Bond unlimited use of the name Ian Fleming for any purpose he may think fit." He also wrote: "Perhaps one day your husband will discover a particularly horrible species of bird which he would like to christen in an insulting fashion by calling it Ian Fleming."
- Author of an ornithological book named "Birds of the West Indies". In 1952, when Ian Fleming started writing his first James Bond novel, he was searching for a name for the hero of his book. He then saw that book in his bookshelf, and decided to use the author's name, "James Bond".
- His major scientific discovery was that he proved that the Birds of the Carribean did not originate from South America but originated from North America.
- He didn't know that his name had been used as the name of the secret agent in 'Ian Fleming"'s novels until the early 1960s when he read an interview with him in which Fleming explained how he came up with the name James Bond.
- He was the world's leading authority on birds of the Carribean and West Indies for over half a century.
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