Background
Cosgrave, John O’Hara was born on July 11, 1864 in Melbourne, Australia. Son of John and Mary (Kirby) Cosgrave.
Cosgrave, John O’Hara was born on July 11, 1864 in Melbourne, Australia. Son of John and Mary (Kirby) Cosgrave.
Educated at Auckland, New Zealand, in Church of England Grammar School, and Auckland College and Grammar School.
On San Francisco Alta Californian, 1886. Reporter San Francisco Call, 1887-1890. Editor public The Wave, San Francisco, 1890-1900.
Managing editor Everybody’s Magazine, under Doubleday, Page & Company, December 1900, and editor same, 1903-1911, for Ridgway Company.
Managing editor Collier’s Weekly, October 1911-1912. Sunday editor New York World, 1912-1927.
Clubs: The Players, Dutch Treat (New York).
Married second, Jessica Garretson Finch, 1913.