Eulalie Spence
(1894-1981) Writer, playwright. Eulalie Spence was born in the British West Indies and died in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. She taught in the New York City public school system for about forty years.
Type: NY City
Marty Glickman
(1917-2001) Author. Marty Glickman was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was best known as a sports announcer, but he authored an autobiography with Stan Isaacs.
Harry C Fisher
(1885-1954) Cartoonist, journalist. Harry C. Fisher was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in New York City. He was the creator of the comic strip “Mutt and Jeff.”
Mary Thom
(1944-2013) Editor, author. Mary Thom was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and died in Yonkers, New York. She was an editor for Ms. magazine.
Jack Maple
(1952-2001) Author. Jack Maple was born in Richmond Hill, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He coauthored the book The Crime Fighter.
James Truslow Adams
(1878-1949) Historian, writer. James Truslow Adams was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Westport, Connecticut.
Mike Gray
(1935-2013) Writer. Mike Gray was born in Racine, Wisconsin, and died in Los Angeles, California. He worked in New York as an editor for Aviation Age.
Henry Hope Reed
(1915-2013) Historian. Henry Hope Reed was born in and died in Manhattan, New York.
Mariam (Kenosian) Chamberlain
(1918-2013) Author. Mariam Chamberlain was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and died in Manhattan, New York. She was the author of numerous articles on women’s roles in higher education and other sectors.
Edwin Zalmon Fisher
(1926-2013) Cartoonist. Ed Fisher was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Canaan, Connecticut. His work appeared in many publications including The Saturday Review, Harper’s, The Antioch Review, The Christian Science Monitor, and the New Yorker.