Biografia

• Born in Norwich, Kansas. Newspaper editor in Natchez, Mississippi; New Orleans and Cincinnati. In 1930 he purchased a number of small magazines and founded HOBBIES, The Magazine for Collectors. In 1947 he donated his collection of art to St. Augustine, Florida. The value was estimated at a million dollars. He also contributed $200,000 to renovate the Alcazar Hotel in St. Augustine. This became the Lightner Museum of Hobbies. He died in a hospital in Chicago.

  obit: HOBBIES July 1950; NYT 6/10/50; NUM 63 Aug 1950 page 529

Data de nascimento

• 1887-07-02

Local de nascimento

• Norwich, Kansas

Data da morte

• 1950-06-09

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