Hale, William Bayard, 1869-1924

William Bayard Hale: ordained in 1893; active in politics and writing; turned to journalism in the early 1900s and divested himself of clerical orders in 1909; worked for Cosmopolitan, the World ; edited the Philadelphia Public Ledger for four years; worked for the Times and then World's Work ; author of numerous books, especially on politics and Woodrow Wilson; from 1914-1918 travelled in Central and South America and acted as a German propagandist.

From the guide to the William Bayard Hale papers, 1888-1962, (Manuscripts and Archives)

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