Philip Everett Curtiss (April 10, 1885 - May 23, 1964) was a politician, novelist, and newspaper reporter in

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. He was born in

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.https://books.google.com/books?id=4Y0DAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA10 = photo A Republican, he served in the General Assembly of the

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from 1941 until 1947 and was a trial justice and

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from 1940 until 1955. He also had his stories published in various magazines including ''

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''.

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has a collection of his papers.Philip Everett Curtiss papers
at Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University He graduated from

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and

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(1906). At Trinity he ran track and was in glee club. He studied in Spain and France on a fellowship. He was a member of

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. He served in the

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from 1910 - 1916 and was deployed to the border with Mexico. In 1910 he began working for the ''

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'' and then the ''

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''. He married Maude Ida Frederica Knust and they had two daughters. He died in

Winsted, Connecticut Winsted is a census-designated place and an incorporated city in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is part of the town of Winchester. The population of Winsted was 7,712 at the 2010 census, out of 11,242 in the entire town of Win ...

after a long illness.http://issuu.com/tcdigitalrepository/docs/july1964 Trinity College Alumni Magazine: Commencement Reunion July 1964 page 8

Bibliography

*''Between Two Worlds'', Harper & Brothers, New York 1916 *''The Ladder: The story of a casual man'' Harper & Brothers, New York 1915 *''Two Worlds'' 1916 * ''Mummers in Mufti'' The Century Co., New York, 1922 * ''The Gay Conspirators'' 1924

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* Philip Everett Curtiss Papers. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. {{DEFAULTSORT:Curtiss, Philip 1885 births 1964 deaths Trinity Bantams athletes Connecticut National Guard personnel Republican Party members of the Connecticut House of Representatives Politicians from Hartford, Connecticut 20th-century American politicians

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