Background
Mencken, Henry Louis was born on September 12, 1880 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Son of August and Anna (Abhau) Mencken.
Mencken, Henry Louis was born on September 12, 1880 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Son of August and Anna (Abhau) Mencken.
Educated private school and Baltimore Polytechnic.
Reporter, Baltimore Morning Herald, 1899. City editor, 1903-1905. Editor Evening Herald, 1905-1906.
On staff Baltimore Sun, 1906-1910. Evening Sun, 1910-1917, 1920-1935, both Sunpapers, 1936-1941, since 1948. Literature critic Smart Set, 1908-1923, co-editor, 1914-1923.
Editor American Mercury, 1924-1923. Contributing editor The Nation, 1921-1932. Director Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Member Modern Language Association, Linguistic Society, American Dialect Society. Club: Maryland.
Married Sara Powell Haardt, August 27, 1930 (died May 31, 1935).