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Deals of American Life Told in Biographies and Autobiographies of Eminent Living Americans, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)
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Own send, judge william kneeland, of the United States Circuit Court, comes of a family that long has held a prominent place in the university town of New Haven.
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Norris Galpin Osborn was an American editor and long a leader in the public affairs of Connecticut.
Background
Norris Galpin Osborn was born on April 17, 1858, in New Haven, the son of Minott Augur and Catharine Sophia (Gilbert) Osborn. His father was owner of the New Haven Evening Register and his home, a rendezvous for men of influence in the state and nation. Young Osborn grew up, therefore, in an atmosphere conducive to interest in political matters and acquired high ideals of public service.
Education
Norris prepared for college in the Hopkins Grammar School and in 1880 graduated from Yale.
Career
Upon leaving college Norris Osborn became a reporter on the Register, and in 1884, its editor. In 1907 he was made editor-in-chief of the New Haven Journal-Courier, which position he held till his death. Under the name "Trumbull, " in 1890 he began contributing to the Sunday edition of the New York Heraldpiquant articles on political happenings in Connecticut, which are an invaluable source of historical information. In addition to his newspaper work, he published A Glance Backward: Editorial Reminiscences (1905), and delivered the Bromley Lectures on Journalism, Literature, and Public Affairs at Yale in 1920, published the following year under the title Isaac H. Bromley. He also edited Men of Mark in Connecticut (5 vols. , 1906 - 10) and History of Connecticut in Monograph Form (5 vols. , 1925), and was a contributor to the Dictionary of American Biography.
Both a lucid, forceful writer, and a brilliant speaker, Osborn did as much to mould public opinion in Connecticut during his lifetime as any other one man, while by his contemporaries in newspaper circles his abilities were widely recognized. On every important issue of the day, local and national, he took a decided stand, and maintained it with courageous independence. No one who tried to influence him by base appeals ever remained long in his office. He fought hard but goodnaturedly and with the generosity and gallantry of a born gentleman.
Politically, Norris was an old-time Democrat, and his advice in party councils carried weight. He was on the staff of Gov. Thomas M. Waller in 1883 and thereafter was always known as "Colonel. " He was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention of 1892 and enjoyed the confidence of President Cleveland during both his administrations. A member of the state constitutional convention of 1902, he led a notable but unsuccessful fight to change the antiquated system of representation in the legislature. For some thirty-five years he was active in the Connecticut Civil Service Reform Association; in the presidential campaign of 1896 he broke with his party and was an official of the Connecticut Sound Money League; in the local activities created by the World War, he took a leading part. Prohibition he assailed in season and out of season, attacking it as vicious in principle and deplorable in results.
Perhaps his most valuable service, certainly the one that gave him greatest satisfaction, was in connection with the state prison. From 1895 till his death he was on the board of directors and after 1912 its president, acting also as chairman of the parole board. He practically determined the policy of the institution, took a personal interest in the inmates, and was their friend and adviser after their parole. He was both an idealist and a realist. He had implicit faith that the people, sufficiently informed, would do the right thing, and that the world was getting better; but he faced facts with both eyes open. In 1922 an infection necessitated the amputation of one of his legs. He bore its loss with his customary buoyant cheerfulness, and was soon back at his work, remaining active until shortly before his death.
Norris Osborn was a member of the Democratic party; the National Democratic Convention (1892); the State Constitutional Convention (1902); the Connecticut committee of the American Historical Research Fund; Connecticut Editorial Association; Sons of the American Revolution and Masonic order.
Personality
Tall and debonair, quick at repartee, a spirited raconteur with a rich resonant voice, Osborn at once became the center of any group he joined. Significant of the confidence and regard he inspired is the fact that among his warmest friends were persons widely apart socially and of diverse political and religious views.
Connections
Norris Osborn was married to Kate Louise Gardner of New York on December 27, 1881.