Owen Johnson
Novelist, Author
1878 – 1952
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Who was Owen Johnson?
Owen McMahon Johnson was an American writer best remembered for his stories and novels cataloguing the educational and personal growth of the fictional character Dink Stover. The "Lawrenceville Stories", set in the well-known prep school, invite comparison with Kipling's Stalky and Co. A 1987 PBS mini-series was based on them.
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- Born
- Aug 27, 1878
New York City - Also known as
- Owen McMahon Johnson
- Parents
- Spouses
- Gertrude Bovee Mackay Le Boutillie
(1926/01/31 - 1952/01/27) - Catherine Sayre Burton
(1920/01/20 - 1923/03/02) - Countess Cecile Denis de Lagarde
(1917/07/22 - 1918/05/09) - Cobina Wright
(1912/02/01 - 1917) - Mary Galt Stockly
(1901/05/23 - 1910)
- Gertrude Bovee Mackay Le Boutillie
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Yale University
- Died
- Jan 27, 1952
Vineyard Haven
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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