Cleveland Born: February 17, 1912Died: March 17, 2005Ohio connection: Birth Andre Norton was born Alice May Norton on February 17, 1912, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Freely Norton, a rug salesman, and Bertha Stemm Norton. She attended Collinwood High School where she wrote for the school newspaper. Intending to become a history teacher, she attended Western Reserve University …
Read More Andre NortonBorn: May 6, 1958 Ohio connection: Resident Poland Nin Andrews grew up on a farm in Charlottesville, Virginia. She received her BA in 1980 from Hamilton College and her MFA in 1995 from Vermont College. Nin Andrews’ poems and stories have appeared in many literary journals and anthologies including Ploughshares, The Paris Review, Best American Poetry, and The KGB Bar …
Read More Andrews, NinBorn: December 25, 1900Died: May 11, 1975 Ohio connection: Birth Mansfield Author and historian Paul McClelland Angle was born on December 25, 1900 in Mansfield, OH. Angle was a noted Abraham Lincoln scholar who, in 1922, graduated from Miami University in Ohio with a degree in history. He earned a master’s degree at the University of …
Read More Paul AngleBorn: October 27, 1947 Ohio connection: Birth Lorain Terry Anderson is a retired journalist and former foreign correspondent in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. He served as Chief Middle East Correspondent for the Associated Press, and has worked as a newspaper editor, television and radio reporter, and documentary producer. Anderson is the author of the best-selling …
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