Terhune, Albert Payson, 1872-1942

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Dates:
Birth 1872-12-21
Death 1942-02-18

Biographical notes:

American author, dog breeder, and journalist.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Mrs. Merrall, 1916 Mar. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 603593817

Author, dog breeder and journalist.

From the description of Letters, 1936 Dec. 22-1939 May 24, Pompton Lakes, N.J., to Perry Walton, Boston. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 184904630

Author.

From the description of Albert Payson Terhune papers, 1890-1957 (bulk 1919-1940). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71062359

From the description of Letters, 1936-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28419450

American writer, best known for his stories about canines.

From the description of Letters to Mr. Rice, Mr. Schuler, and Bill Lengel, 1926 June 10, 1931 October 12, 1934 May 26. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 55858253

From the description of Photograph of Albert Payson Terhune and three collies : inscribed to Glen W. Blodgett, 1917. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 55858258

Biographical Note

1872, Dec. 21 Born, Newark, N.J. circa 1892 Visited Italy and France 1893 A.B., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1894 Traveled in Asia, crossed the Syrian desert on horseback, investigated the leper settlements, lived among the Beduin tribe of El-Kanah, and swam the Jordan River during flood season 1895 1916 Staff writer, New York Evening World 1898 Married Lorraine Marguerite Bryson (died 1898) 1901 Married Anice Morris Stockton (died 1964) 1925 Appointed park commissioner, state of New Jersey 1933 Received Medal of Excellence, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1942, Feb. 18 Died, Pompton Lakes, N.J.

From the guide to the Albert Payson Terhune Papers, 1890-1957, (bulk 1919-1940), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Authors, American
  • Short stories, American
  • Boxing
  • Dogs
  • Dogs
  • Dogs
  • Radio scripts

Occupations:

  • Authors, American
  • Authors
  • Authors

Places:

  • New Jersey (as recorded)
  • Passaic County (N.J.) (as recorded)
  • Pompton Lakes (N.J.) (as recorded)
  • Middle East (as recorded)
  • Middle East (as recorded)
  • Pompton Lakes (N.J.) (as recorded)
  • New York (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • New Jersey (as recorded)

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