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Erick Berry

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(1892-1974) Author, illustrator. Erick Berry is the pseudonym for Allena Champlin. She was born in Massachusetts, but grew up in Albany, New York.

Sarah H Bradford

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(1818-c.1912) Writer. Sarah H. Bradford wrote children’s books under the name “Cousin Cicely” and published in Auburn, New York.

James Winston Brady

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(1928-2009) Publisher, columnist, author. James Brady was born in and grew up in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York. He was best known as a columnist in New York City.

Clive Barnes

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(1927-2008) Critic, writer. Clive Barnes was born in London, England, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was a theater critic for The Times and, later, The New York Post.

Anthony Bleecker

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(1770-1827) Poet. Anthony Bleecker was born in New York City and graduated from Columbia University. Bleecker Street in Manhattan, New York is named after him because the street runs through the Bleecker family farm. His work, both prose and verse, was published in New York City periodicals.

Alfred Bryan

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(1871-1958) Lyricist. Alfred Bryan was born in Brantford, Ontario and died in Gladstone, New Jersey. He settled in New York at about 1905.