Background
Marquand, John Phillips was born on November 10, 1893 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Philip and Margaret (Fuller) Marquand.
Marquand, John Phillips was born on November 10, 1893 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Philip and Margaret (Fuller) Marquand.
Preparatory education, high school, Newburyport, Massachusetts. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1915. The Doctor of Letters, University of Maine, 1941, University of Rochester, 1944, Yale University, 1950, Northeastern University, 1940.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Bates College, 1954.
; children—John Phillips, Christina. Married second, Adelaide Ferry Hooker, 1937 (division 1958). Children—Blanche Ferry, Timothy Fuller, Elon Huntington Hooker.
Assistant magazine editor Boston Transcript, 1915-1917.
With Sunday department New York Tribune, 1919-1920. Advertising copy writer, 1920-1921.
Fiction writer since 1921. Special consultant secretary of War, 1944-1945.
War correspondent Navy, 1945.
Member of the board overseers Harvard. With Massachusetts National Guard, Mexican border service, 1916. Member National Institute Arts and Letters.
Clubs: Century, University (New York).
Member editorial board, Book-of-the-Month.
Married Christina Devenport Sedgwick, September 1922 (divorced 1935). Married second, Adelaide Ferry Hooker, 1937 (divorced 1958). Children: John Phillips, Christina.