Background
Matthews, Franklin was born on May 14, 1858 in St. Joseph, Michigan, United States. Son of J. H. and Mary (Force) Matthews.
Matthews, Franklin was born on May 14, 1858 in St. Joseph, Michigan, United States. Son of J. H. and Mary (Force) Matthews.
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1883. Followed by 1 year post-graduate work, but not for degree.
Traveled as lecture agent for J. B. Pond, with Beecher, Mark Twain, Carl Schurz, and others, 1883-1886. Reporter and editor Philadelphia Press, 1886-1890. Editor, reporter, The Sun, New York, 1890-1909.
Correspondent The Sun on United States Atlantic Fleet’s cruise around the world, December 1907-February 1909. Assistant Sunday editor, 1912, night city editor, since 1913, New York Times. Associate in journalism, 1912-1914, associate professor, since 1914, Columbia University.
Trustee, Cornell Univercity, 1913. Author: Philadelphia, 1889 (printed for private circulation among Pan-American delegates). Our Navy in Time of War, 1899.
The New-Born Cuba, 1899. With the Battle Fleet, 1908. Back to Hampton Roads, 1909.
Compiler of Casual Essays of The Sun, 1905. Home: Woodhaven, Long Island, New York.
Married Mary Crosby, 1886.