Elmer Davis
Journalist, Author
1890 – 1958
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Who was Elmer Davis?
Elmer Davis was a well-known news reporter, author, the Director of the United States Office of War Information during World War II and a Peabody Award recipient.
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- Born
- Jan 13, 1890
Aurora - Also known as
- Elmer Holmes Davis
- Hoosier Daddy
- Spouses
- Florence MacMillian
(1917/02/05 - )
- Florence MacMillian
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Franklin College
- The Queen's College, Oxford
- Employment
- The New York Times Company
- Titles in academia, United States Office of War Information
- Died
- May 18, 1958
Washington, D.C.
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on July 23, 2013
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