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William Brown Meloney (1905–1971)
William Brown Meloney may refer to: * William Brown Meloney (1878–1925) William Brown Meloney (1877–1925) was a journalist, writer, executive secretary to Mayor William Jay Gaynor of New York City and a historian of shipping. Biography He was born on June 6, 1877, in San Francisco, California. His grandfathers w ..., journalist, writer, executive secretary to the New York mayor and historian of shipping * Marie Mattingly Meloney (1878–1943), journalist and socialite, who used Mrs. William B. Meloney as her professional and social name * William Brown Meloney (1902–1971), journalist, novelist, short-story writer and theatrical producer {{hndis, Meloney, William Brown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Brown Meloney (1878–1925)
William Brown Meloney (1877–1925) was a journalist, writer, executive secretary to Mayor William Jay Gaynor of New York City and a historian of shipping. Biography He was born on June 6, 1877, in San Francisco, California. His grandfathers were a ship captain and a shipbuilder, ran away to sea at the age of eleven. In 1896, when he was eighteen years old, he became a shipping news and political reporter in San Francisco and also started writing fiction and verse and "resolved to do what he could to further the establishment of a powerful American merchant fleet." Meloney was the son of James Meloney of Boston, Massachusetts, and Addie Meloney. His father died in Somerville, Massachusetts, in April 1898. In 1899, Meloney, as a reporter for the ''San Francisco Bulletin,'' was assigned by editor Fremont Older to investigate Police Lieutenant Frederick L. Esola, who was a candidate to be appointed as city police chief. Meloney testified before the city's police commission, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Mattingly Meloney
Marie Mattingly Meloney (1878–1943), who used Mrs. William B. Meloney as her professional and social name, was "one of the leading woman journalists of the United States", a magazine editor and a socialite who in the 1920s organized a fund drive to buy radium for Marie Curie and began a movement for better housing. In the 1930s, nicknamed ''Missy,'' she was a friend and confidante of Eleanor Roosevelt. on SpoonerCentral.com Biography Personal Marie Mattingly was born on December 8, 1878 in , the daughter of Cyprian Peter Mattingly, a physician, and his third wife, the former Sarah Irwin (1852-1934), an educationist and journalist who was the founding ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
