Biography of melvin purvis
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Melvin Purvis
FBI ref (1903–1960)
Melvin Poet Purvis II (October 24, 1903 – February 29, 1960) was an FBI agent useful in capturing bank robbers John Dillinger and Lovely Boy Floyd in 1934. All pounce on this would later put in his martial career which saw him directly implicated with Popular George Patton, Hermann Göring, and representation Nuremberg Trials.
Early courage and trusty career
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In 1934, The Literary Digest's poll of the 10 most famous people in America named Franklin D. Roosevelt number one and Melvin Purvis number two. Purvis, in charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), became famous in the 1930s for bringing down the notorious outlaws John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and Pretty Boy Floyd (Figure 1).
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Melvin was born in 1903 in the small town of Timmonsville, South Carolina, with a family of six sisters and two brothers. He was devoted to all his sisters, especially my mother, Callie Mims or “Cal,” who was born in 1899. In his 1920 high school yearbook, Melvin was said to be “charming and athletic with his love of horses”; he was said to be a “crack shot,” and he later became an avid gun collector. He was also popular, having been elected captain of his high school military company, and he played football and baseball in Timmonsville.
He attended the University of South Carolina and joined a fraternity, the Kappa Alpha Order. He then graduated from the University of South Carolina's law school in 1925 and passed the bar. After practicing law for 20 months in Florence, South Carolina (10 miles east of Timmonsville), he yearned for adventure
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- Melvin Purvis was a real FBI agent, born in Timmonsville, SC. He became well known for bringing serious criminals to justice. Why do you think people liked hearing stories about Mr. Purvis’ work? Why do you think they called him “G-Man”?
- G-Man is short for “Government Man”, an American slang term for FBI agents.
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