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Beaumont was born Charles Leroy Nutt in Chicago, to Charles H. and Letty Nutt.

His mother is known to have dressed him in girls ' clothes, and once threatened to kill his dog to punish him.

These early experiences inspired the celebrated short story " Miss Gentilbelle ", but according to Beaumont, " Football, baseball and dimestore cookie thefts filled my early world.

" School did not hold his attention, and his last name exposed him to ridicule, so he found solace as a teenager in science fiction.

He dropped out of high school in tenth grade to join the army.

He also worked as a cartoonist, illustrator, disc jockey, usher and dishwasher before selling his first story to Amazing Stories in 1950.