Mark Sullivan (1874-1952) was born in London Grove, Pennsylvania, and died in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He was a well-known journalist and political columnist. He attended Harvard University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1900 and with a law degree in 1903. Sullivan had begun working for newspapers in various capacities from age 14 on, and while still a student he wrote for both the Boston Evening Transcript and the Atlantic Monthly. After graduating he briefly practiced law in New York, New York, before returning to journalism. In 1904 he worked on the staff of Ladies' Home Journal, and in 1905 he was hired as a staff writer by McClure's Magazine. He held the position at McClure's for less than a year, but during his tenure he was significantly involved in the production of a series of controversial articles about Mary Baker Eddy written by Georgine Milmine.
Sullivan married Marie Buchanan Sullivan, -1940, in 1907 in Baltimore, Maryland. Sullivan went on to have a significant career in journalism, working for Collier's Weekly, the New York Evening Post, and ultimately at the New York Herald-Tribune, at the latter of which he wrote nearly 6000 articles as a syndicated political columnist while also writing his major work, Our Times: The United States, 1900-1925, in six volumes, published between 1926 and 1935. After his wife's death in 1940, Sullivan returned to reside on the farm in London Grove where he had been born and raised.
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Mark Sullivan (1874-1952) was born in London Grove, Pennsylvania, and died in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He was a well-known journalist and political columnist. He attended Harvard University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1900 and with a law degree in 1903. Sullivan had begun working for newspapers in various capacities from age 14 on, and while still a student he wrote for both the Boston Evening Transcript and the Atlantic Monthly. After graduating he briefly practiced law in New York, New York, before returning to journalism. In 1904 he worked on the staff of Ladies' Home Journal, and in 1905 he was hired as a staff writer by McClure's Magazine. He held the position at McClure's for less than a year, but during his tenure he was significantly involved in the production of a series of controversial articles about Mary Baker Eddy written by Georgine Milmine.
Sullivan married Marie Buchanan Sullivan, -1940, in 1907 in Baltimore, Maryland. Sullivan went on to have a significant career in journalism, working for Collier's Weekly, the New York Evening Post, and ultimately at the New York Herald-Tribune, at the latter of which he wrote nearly 6000 articles as a syndicated political columnist while also writing his major work, Our Times: The United States, 1900-1925, in six volumes, published between 1926 and 1935. After his wife's death in 1940, Sullivan returned to reside on the farm in London Grove where he had been born and raised.
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