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Lincoln Steffens

Lincoln SteffensAKA Joseph Lincoln Steffens

Born: 6-Apr-1866
Birthplace: San Francisco, CA
Died: 9-Aug-1936
Location of death: Carmel, CA
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Journalist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Early muckraking journalist

On meeting Lenin: "I have seen the future, and it works."

Father: Joseph Steffens
Mother: Elizabeth Symes
Wife: Josephine Bontecou

    University: PhB, University of California at Berkeley (1889)

    The New York Evening Post Reporter (1892-98)
    New York Commercial Advertiser City Editor (1898-1902)
    McClure's Managing Editor (1902-06)
    American Magazine 1906-07
    Everybody's Magazine 1906-11

Author of books:
The Shame of the Cities (1904, articles)
The Struggle for Self-Government (1906, articles)
Upbuilders (1909, articles)
Autobiography (1931, memoir, 2 vols.)


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