Background
Jackson was born in Salinas, California, the son of Monterey county attorney Durrell Stokes Gregory (1825 – 1889) and Amelia (Hartnell), and was educated at the University of California, Berkeley, earning a B.L. in 1906.
Jackson was born in Salinas, California, the son of Monterey county attorney Durrell Stokes Gregory (1825 – 1889) and Amelia (Hartnell), and was educated at the University of California, Berkeley, earning a B.L. in 1906.
B.L., University of California, 1906.
Jackson began his career as a newspaper reporter in San Francisco. Jackson then became a journalist, working in Illinois, Texas, and New York. He died there June 12, 1943, while working on a novel titled The Hermit of Thunder King.
Jackson Gregory authored more than 40 fiction novels and a number of short stories. Several of his tales were used as the basis of films released between 1916 and 1944, including The Man from Painted Post (1917).
Member.
Married Lotus McGlashan, December 20, 1910. Children: Jackson, Roderick.
