Carl Schurz
(1829-1906) Writer, editor. Carl Schurz was founder of “Evening Post,” and lived and died in Manhattan, New York.
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George S Schuyler
(1895-1977) Journalist, writer, author. Born in Rhode Island, George Samuel Schuyler lived in New York City and Rochester. His works include “Negro-Art Hokum” (which was first published in The Nation in 1926), “Black No More” (1931), and “Black and Conservative” (1966).
James Schuyler
(1923-1991) Poet. James Marcus Schuyler was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1923, and died in Manhattan, New York, in 1991. He lived at the Hotel Chelsea, West 23rd Street, and is associated with the “New York School” of poetry.
Shel Silverstein
(1932-1999) Writer. Shelby Silverstein, or Sheldon Alan Silverstein, was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died iin Key West, Florida. He lived in Greenwich Village, New York, New York.
Frank Dempster Sherman
(1860-1916) Poet. Frank Dempster Sherman was born in Peekskill, New York and attended Peekskill Military Academy. His home, from 1871 to 1887 was at 953 Paulding. He was the author of “Madrigals and Catches.”
Upton Sinclair
(1878-1968) Writer, novelist. Upton Sinclair was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1878, and died in Bound Brook, New Jersey, in 1968. He is famous for his 1906 novel, “The Jungle.”
E. D. E. N. Southworth
(1819-1899) Writer, Novelist. E. D. E. N. Southworth visited her son at 103 Warburton Avenue, Yonkers, New York. She wrote over sixty novels.
Vincent Sheean
(1899-1975) Writer, journalist. “An American Among the Riffi,” worked for “The Daily News” in Manhattan.
Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
Poet, author, editor, writer of juvenile stories. She was born and raised in New Rochelle. She contributed pieces to such magazines as “Hearth and Home,” “Christian Intelligencer,” and “Harpers Bazaar,” as well as editing them.
Alan Seeger
(1888-1916) Poet. Alan Seeger graduated from the Hackley School, 293 Benedict Avenue, Tarrytown, New York, in 1906. He lived at 61 Washington Square, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York.