Margaret Fuller
(1810-1850) Writer, social reformer, literary critic. “Women in the Nineteenth Century” (1845), drowned near Point O’Woods, Fire Island, New York.
County: Suffolk
Joseph Heller
(1923-1999) Novelist, writer. Joseph Heller was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in East Hampton, New York.
Samson Occom
(1723-1792) Writer. Occom was born in Connecticut and spent most of his life on Long Island with the Montauk tribe. He became a Christian convert. He spent a great deal of time envisioning and raising money for a Native American College. Despite these efforts, his story tells of how those funds went on to fund … Continued
Percival Pollard
(1869-1911) Critic, writer, editor. “The Clack Book”
James Jones
James Jones (1921-1977) Author, novelist. James Jones was born in Robinson, Illinois, and died in Southampton, New York.
John Hall Wheelock
(1886-1978) Poet, editor. John Hall Wheelock was born in Rockaway, New York, lived in East Hampton, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.