Background
Erwin, John Seymour was born on August 2, 1911 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. Son of Victor Flournoy and Margaret Preston (McNeily) Erwin.
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John Seymour Erwin
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Student School Contemporary Arts and Crafts, 1929-1931, Columbia University, 1939-1940. Student of Alexander Siloti, 1934, of Serge Rachmaninoff, 1938.
Career
Feature editor The American Magazine, New York City, 1954—1956. Museum editor World and Its Peoples, Greystone Press, 1959—1961. Co-founding editor SHOW Magazine, 1962—1963.
Senior editor Natural History Magazine, 1964—1966. Encyclopedia project editor The Reader's Digest, 1966—1967. Medical editor Media Medica, 1968—1970.
With United States Air Force, 1940-1944.
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Served with Royal Canadian Air Force, 1940-1944.
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Married Caterina Maria di St. Vigne, December 31, 1929. 1 child Giovanni di St. Vigne.
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Episcopalian
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1934