Born: 1955 Ohio Connection: Born Steubenville Robin Yocum got his first job in the newspaper business as a young child delivering for the Wheeling Intelligencer in the town of Brilliant, Ohio. Growing up the son of a steelworker, he wanted to be a fireman or the second baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He went on …
Read More Yocum, RobinOhio connection: Birth Columbus Kacy Cook was born in Columbus, Ohio, the second of six children. Her father was a federal agent, and her mother was an artist and dress designer. Kacy still lives in Columbus and has three grown children. Since attending Ohio State University, Kacy has worked in journalism and publishing. In addition, …
Read More Cook, KacyBorn: November 6, 1916 Died: October 7, 2011 Ohio connection: Former Resident Lakewood George E. Condon was a journalist, author and historian born in Fall River, Massachusetts, but who grew up in the Irish neighborhoods of Cleveland’s near West Side. Condon and his family moved to Cleveland in 1927, when he was 11 years old. He attended …
Read More Condon, GeorgeBorn: September 10, 1892 Died: March 15, 1962 Ohio connection: Birth Wooster Arthur Holly Compton, son of Elias and Otelia Catherine (Augspurger) Compton, was born in 1892 in Wooster, Ohio. His father was a Presbyterian minister, and professor of philosophy and dean at the College of Wooster. Six members of the Compton family eventually received a total of …
Read More Compton, Arthur HollyBorn: November 25, 1940 Ohio connection: Resident Oberlin Poet, translator, and editor, Martha Collins was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1940. She earned a B.A. at Stanford University and holds a PhD. from the University of Iowa. She has published books of poetry, including Admit One: An American Scrapbook, Day Unto Day, White Papers, and Blue Front, …
Read More Collins, MarthaBorn: September 22, 1930 Died: February 28, 2016 Ohio connection: Former Resident Columbus Paul Alfred Colinvaux was born in St. Albans, England, the son of Flora Kingsman. He received a B.A. degree from Jesus College in Cambridge, England, in 1956; an M.A. in 1960 from the same institution, and a Ph.D. from Duke University in 1962. He …
Read More Colinvaux, PaulBorn: December 19, 1928 Died: April 16, 1987 Ohio connection: Former Resident Columbus Charlotte Murray Curtis was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1928, the daughter of George Morris and Lucille (Atcherson) Curtis. She received a B.A. degree from Vassar College, after which she worked as a reporter for the Columbus Citizen newspaper in Columbus, Ohio. In 1961, she began …
Read More Curtis, Charlotte, MurrayBorn: September 12, 1922 Died: June 8, 2010 Ohio connection: Former Resident Columbus Charles Cole has conducted research on early books published in Ohio and on the first books published in Columbus. Born in Altoona, PA, Dr. Cole earned his A.B., M.A., and Ph.D. from Columbia University. His professional experiences include serving as the president of Wilson …
Read More Cole, Jr., Charles C.Born: October 9, 1899 Died: August 28, 1978 Ohio connection: Former Resident Oberlin It was no accident that the most prominent figures in Bruce Catton’s Civil War histories were fellow Midwesterners and personal heroes Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant. Born in Petosky, Michigan, Catton attended Oberlin College and became a reporter after serving briefly in …
Read More Catton, BruceBorn: April 26, 1820 Died: February 12, 1871 Ohio connection: Birth Mount Healthy Alice Cary was born in 1820 in Mt. Healthy, Ohio, the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Jessup Cary. She was the fourth of eleven children and a sister of author Phoebe Cary. She had a very difficult childhood, with much sorrow and loss in …
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