Background
Edgett, Edwin Francis was born on January 12, 1867 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Reuben and Eveline (Pray) Edgett.
Edgett, Edwin Francis was born on January 12, 1867 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Reuben and Eveline (Pray) Edgett.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1894.
Harvard correspondent New York Times, 1894. Dramatic editor, 1894-1899, literature editor, 1901-1938, Boston Transcript. Assistant editor The King, London, 1899-1900.
On publicity and literary staffs of David Belasco, John Craig, Henry Jewett and James K. Hackett, 1901-1910.
Author: Plays of the Present (with J. B. Clapp). 1901; Players of the Present (with same), 1901.
Life of Edward L. Davenport, 1901. Slings and Arrows, 1922.
I Speak for Myself: an Editor in His World, 1940.
Contributor of 70 articles to Dictionary of American Biography, 1928-1936. Commentator on books and authors over National Broadcasting and Columbia Broadcasting systems, 1927-1937. Home: 135 Pleasant Saint, Arlington, Massachusetts
Married Evelyn Torrey, 1896.