Background
Smith, Paul Jordan was born on April 19, 1885 in Wytheville, Virginia, United States. Son of Review J. Wesley and Lucy (Jordan) Smith.
Smith, Paul Jordan was born on April 19, 1885 in Wytheville, Virginia, United States. Son of Review J. Wesley and Lucy (Jordan) Smith.
Student Emory and Henry College, 1903-1904. Bachelor of Arts, University of Chattanooga, 1906, Little Doctorate., 1946. Studied Lombard College, Galesburg, Illinois, 1907-1908, University of Chicago, 1912, University of California, 1914-1915.
Instructor in English, University of California, 1914-1916, instructor in English novel, extension liv., 1918-1920. Literary educated of the Los Angeles Times, 1933-1958. Lecturer on American history novel, University of California, from 1958.
Advisory board Huntington Hartford Foundation, 1950-1965.
Member.; Clubs: Zamorano (Los Angeles).
Married Ethel Sloan Park, 1904 (deceased). Married second, Sarah Bixby, March 30, 1916 (deceased. Married 3d, Dorothy Eads Wysor, June 26, 1934.
Children: Isabel Jordan, Wilbur Jordan, Ralph Wendell.