Background
Atkinson, Justin Brooks was born on November 28, 1894 in Melrose, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Jonathan H. and Garafelia (Taylor) Atkinson.
Atkinson, Justin Brooks was born on November 28, 1894 in Melrose, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Jonathan H. and Garafelia (Taylor) Atkinson.
1 step-son, Bruce T. Macllveen. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1917. Doctor of Humane Letters, Williams College, 1941.
Doctor of Hebrew Literature, Adelphi College, 1960.
Doctor of Laws, Pace College, Franklin and Marshall College, Brandeis University, 1965, Clark University, 1965, Washington College, 1966, Long Island University, 1967, Dartmouth, 1975. Reporter Springfield Daily News, 1917.
Instructor in English Dartmouth College, 1917-1918. Reporter and assistant to drama critic Boston Evening Transcript, 1919-1922.
Associate editor Harvard Alumni Bulletin, 1920-1922.
Editor Book Review, New York Times, 1922-1925, drama critic, 1925-1942, 46-60, war correspondent, Chungking, China, 1942-1944, news correspondent, Moscow, 1945-1946, critic at large, 1960-1965.
Editor Harvard Alumni Bulletin, 1920-1922. Editor Book Review, New York Times, 1922-1925, drama critic, 1925-1942, 46-60, war correspondent, Chungking, China, 1942-1944, news correspondent, Moscow, 1945-1946, critic at large, 1960-1965. Editor: (with First Rate (at Lloyd's) Hirschfeld) Walden and other writings of Henry David Thoreau, 1937, Complete Essays and other writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1940, College in a Yard, 1957, The Pace Report, 1966, Sean O’Casey Reader, 1968.
Served with United States Army, World War I. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Club: The Players (New York City).
Married Oriana Macllveen, August 18, 1926.