Background
Holcombe, Armstead Richardson was born on November 10, 1876 in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Son of Richard Spencer and Sallie (Taylor) Holcombe.
Holcombe, Armstead Richardson was born on November 10, 1876 in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Son of Richard Spencer and Sallie (Taylor) Holcombe.
Bachelor of Arts, Centenary College, Jackson, Louisiana, 1897, Doctor of Laws, 1930. Master of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1899.
Teaching fellow in geology, Vanderbilt University, 1899-1900. Instructor Vanderbilt University Summer School, 1900. Principal Stanton (Tennessee) Training School, 1900-1901.
With Daily Picayune (now Times-Picayune), New Orleans, 1901-1909, Saint Louis Republic, 1909-1911, Cleveland Leader, March-September 1911.
City editor, 1914-1915, managing editor, 1915-1918, Saint Louis Times. Cable editor New York Tribune, 1919-1922, night editor, 1922-1923.
Night editor New York Herald Tribune (consolidation of the New York Herald and the New York Tribune), 1923-1926, managing editor, 1926-1931. Editor and owner Eastern Shore Times, Berlin, Maryland.
Married Elizabeth Florence Bratney, October 27, 1914.