Question: name the british novelist born in paris and trained as a doctor
Answer: William Somerset Maugham Maugham photographed by Carl Van Vechten in 1934 William Somerset Maugham ( 1874 - 01 - 25 ) 25 January 1874 UK Embassy , Paris , France 16 December 1965 ( 1965 - 12 - 16 ) ( aged 91 ) Nice , Alpes - Maritimes , France Occupation Playwright , novelist , short story writer Alma mater St Thomas 's Hospital Medical School ( now part of King 's College London ) , M.