Background
Vivian, Harold Acton was born on December 16, 1877 in near Kandy, Ceylon. Son of Review Arthur H. B. and Constance Irene (Silk) Vivian.
Vivian, Harold Acton was born on December 16, 1877 in near Kandy, Ceylon. Son of Review Arthur H. B. and Constance Irene (Silk) Vivian.
Educated by father, private tutors, and Los Angeles High School.
Arrived in New York from London, November 1884, going to San Francisco and thence to San Diego, 1888. Assistant librarian, San Francisco Chronicle, 1893-1895. Writer on San Francisco Sporting World, 1895-1897, on San Francisco Call, 1899-1902, New York American, 1902-1903, New York Evening Mail (Mail and Express), 1903-1906, New York Times, 1906-1909, New York World, 1909-1920.
Secretary Committee on American Ideals, Chamber Commerce United States of America, 1920-1922.
With New York Herald, 1922-1926, New York Times, 1926-1927. Secretary comptroller, State of New York, 1928.
Author: The Theatrical Primer, 1904. Home: Albany, New New York
Married Gertrude R. Spellan, writer, June 25, 1900.