Background
Mathews, John Lathrop was born on January 10, 1874 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of William Smith Babcock and Flora E. (Swain) Mathews.
Mathews, John Lathrop was born on January 10, 1874 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of William Smith Babcock and Flora E. (Swain) Mathews.
Brother of Albert Prescott M. Student of University of Illinois, 1891, University of Chicago, 1892, 1894, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1893. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1896.
Reporter Chicago News, 1898, Chicago Tribune, 1900. Special writer Chicago Sunday Tribune, 1901. Special writer magazines, using pen name “John Swain” (later discarded), 1902.
Editor New Orleans Item, 1903.
Assistant editor Youth’s Companion, 1903-1907. Student of Mississippi waterway development.
Special commissioner Sanitary District of Chicago, 1900-1901. Correspondent Boston Transcript, since 1904.
Author: Remaking the Mississippi, 1909.
Conservation of Water, 1910. The Log of the Easy Way, 1911. Economic series, Harper’s Monthly, 1913.
Home: Normandie, Missouri
Married Gertrude Singleton, September 10, 1900.