Background
Jackson, Joseph Henry was born on July 21, 1894 in Madison, New Jersey, United States. Son of Herbert Hallett and Marion Agnes (Brown) Jackson.
Jackson, Joseph Henry was born on July 21, 1894 in Madison, New Jersey, United States. Son of Herbert Hallett and Marion Agnes (Brown) Jackson.
Preparatory education, Peddie School, Hightstown, New Jersey. Student Lafayette College, 1915-1917. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University of Southern California, 1950.
Mistress David Skinner). Associate editor Sunset Magazine, 1920-1923, managing editor, 1924-1926, editor, 1926-1928. Literature editor San Francisco Argonaut, 1929-1930, San Francisco Chronicle since 1930.
Broadcaster of “Bookman’s Guide,” over National Broadcasting Company, Pacific Coast network, 1924-1943.
Member of the board of directors Book. Served with Ambulance corpus, United States army, 1917-1918. Member California History Society, Society of American Historians, Phi Kappa Psi.
Clubs: Bohemian (San Francisco).
Member of the board of judges O. Henry Memorial Award (short story annual) 1935, 1942, 1951 and of Harper Prize Novel Contest, 1947, 1949. Member Pulitzer Prize fiction jury, 1949-1951.
Member editorial board The Pacific Spectator.
Married Charlotte East. Cobden, June 21, 1923.