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George Jean Nathan

George Jean NathanBorn: 14-Feb-1882
Birthplace: Fort Wayne, IN
Died: 8-Apr-1958
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author, Critic

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: American Mercury

Father: Charles Nathan
Mother: Ella Nirdlinger
Wife: Julie Haydon (actress, m. 1955)

    University: Cornell University (1904)
    University: University of Bologna

    The New York Herald 1904
    The Smart Set Co-editor, with H. L. Mencken, 1914-23
    American Mercury Co-founder, with H. L. Mencken, 1924
    The American Spectator Co-founder, with Eugene O'Neill et al., 1932, Editor 1932-5

Author of books:
Mr. George Jean Nathan Presents (1917, criticism)
The Critic and the Drama (1922, criticism)
Autobiography of an Attitude (1925, nonfiction)
The Testament of a Critic (1931, criticism)
Since Ibsen (1933, criticism)
The World of George Jean Nathan (1952, criticism, edited by Charles Angoff)


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