(1735-1826) The second president of the United States. John Adams, who was also an eloquent political philosopher, wrote a number of essays, including his “A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Laws (1765), and he also kept a journal throughout his life. In 1797, while avoiding the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, Adams lived at … Continued
(1859-1916) Novelist, playwright. Sholem Aleichem was born in Russia, lived his last years in the United States and died in New York City. Throughout his life, he wrote novels, short stories, and plays, all exclusively in Yiddish. The musical “Fiddler on the Roof” is based on some of his short stories. He was the father … Continued
(1880-1957) Yiddish writer, playwright. Asch lived in the Bronx, New York.
(1889-1949) Novelist, poet, biographer. Allen served as trustee of Cazenovia Junior College. 1924-1926 He taught English at Columbia University. His works include “Israfel” (1926), a biography of Edgar Allan Poe and “Anthony Adverse” (1933), a popular novel. His first book of poetry is “Wampum and Old Gold” (1921).
(1820-1906) Reformer, editor, publisher. Susan B. Anthony was born in Adams, Massachusetts. She received her education in rural Monroe County, New York where she began teaching in 1846. She helped launch the Women’s State Temperance Society of New York in 1852, which brought her into the women’s suffrage movement. In 1868, with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, … Continued
(1871-1958) Journalist, author. Samuel Hopkins Adams was born in Dunkirk, New York. He wrote for the New York Sun, McClure’s Magazine, and Collier’s Weekly.
(1841-1930) Writer. Isabella Alden was born in Rochester, New York. She attended school in New York, at the Oneida Seminary, the Seneca Collegiate Institute, and the Young Ladies Institute. She wrote under the pseudonym, Pansy.
(1909-1955) Journalist, novelist, screenwriter, writer. In 1932, upon graduation from Harvard (where he studied writing), he came to New York City and was hired by “Fortune Magazine.” In 1936, “Fortune” asked Agee and photographer Walker Evans to go to Alabama and do a photo-story on tenant farming. When Agee finally finished the project more than … Continued
(1949-2001) Poet. Agha Shahid Ali was born in New Delhi, India, and died in Amherst, Massachusetts. He taught at the State University of New York at Binghamton, New York.
(1887-1995) Playwright. George Francis Abbott graduated from Hamburg High School in Hamburg, New York in 1907. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York in 1911.