Bill Finger
(1914-1974) William Finger was born in New York City in 1914 and died in 1974. He was co-creator, with Bob Kane, of Batman and Robin.
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Jeanne Robert Foster
(1879-1970) Poet. Jeanne Robert Foster was the pen name of Julia Elizabeth Oliver who was born in Johnsburg, New York in 1879 and died in 1970. She was an Adirondack poet who wrote two books. She also worked as a magazine journalist and as social worker.
Frederick Franck
(1909-2006) Sculptor, writer. Frederick Franck was born in Maastricht, Netherlands in 1909 and died in Warwick, New York in 2006.
Milton Friedman
(1912-2006) Economist, writer. Milton Friedman was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1912. He received a Ph.D. from Columbia University. He died in San Francisco, California in 2006.
Jurg Federspiel
(1931-2007) Swiss writer, journalist. Jurg Federspiel (J. F. Federspiel) was born near Zurich, Switzerland in 1931 and died near the border with France and Germany in 2007. He had spent about eight years in New York and his work was influenced by the style of the American short story.
Oriana Fallaci
(1929-2006) Journalist. Oriana Fallaci was born in Florence, Italy in 1929, and died in Florence, Italy in 2006. She lived the later years of her life in New York City. She lectured at Columbia University.
Betty Naomi Goldstein Friedan
(1921-2006) Writer. Betty Friedan was born in Peoria, Illinois, in 1921, and died in Washington, District of Columbia in 2006. Prior to her marriage in 1947, she lived and worked in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York. She and her husband, Carl Friedan, moved to Rockland County, New York. Betty Friedan was the founder of the … Continued
Elizabeth Fox-Genovese
(1941-2007) Historian. Elizabeth Fox-Genovese was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1941, and died in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2007. A professor at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, since 1986, Fox-Genovese taught previously at the University of Rochester and the State University of New York at Binghamton.
Leslie Fiedler
(1917-2003) Critic. Leslie Aaron Fiedler was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1917. He graduated from New York University in 1938. In 1964, Fiedler began teaching at the University of Buffalo. Fiedler died in Buffalo, New York in 2003.
Richard Foerster
Richard Foerster worked on the staff of the literary magazine Chelsea beginning in 1978 and served as its editor from 1994 to 2001. More recently, he was also founding editor of Chautauqua Literary Journal. A recipient of the Discovery/The Nation Award and Poetry’s Bess Hokin Prize as well as fellowships from the National Endowment for … Continued