Lawrence Dame

Background

Lawrence Dame was born on July 2, 1898, in Portland, Maine, United States. He was the son of Edward Lawrence and Katherine (Gunn) Dame.

Education

Dame studied at Harvard University, University of Paris, University of Grenoble, University of Toulouse, Instituto de Burgos, and Boston University.

Career

Dame served in the U.S. Army as an artillery officer during World War I from 1917 to 1918. Dame began his career as an editor in 1919, serving on the staffs of various magazines and newspapers through the outbreak of World War II. He then spent a year exploring the Yucatan Peninsula, before becoming art editor and critic for the Boston Herald-Traveler newspaper, in which capacity he served until 1948. Simultaneously, he also worked as the director of the Harvard University News Office.

During the 1950s through the 1970s, he worked as a wine and art commentator for a variety of newspapers and radio stations.

Achievements

• Dame is best known as an art critic and the author of three books, New England Comes Back (1940), Yucatan (1941), and Maya Mission (1968), that reflect his interest in art and travel. He also contributed a piece to the anthology, Boston Murders (1948), edited by John N. Makris.
  
  Dame was decorated by the French and Portuguese governments for his relief work during World War II.
  
  

Works

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  • Yucatan 1942
  • New England Comes Back 1940
  • Maya mission 1968

Membership

Dame was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, Society Colonial Wars, Wine and Food Society of Boston, Wine and Food Society of Palm Beach, Harvard Musical Association and Sarasota Literary Forum.

Connections

Dame was married to Rachel Wells since September 25, 1958.

Father:

Edward Lawrence Dame

Mother:

Katherine (Gunn) Dame

Wife:

Rachel Wells