Background
Tarkington, Newton Booth was born on July 29, 1869 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Honorary John Stevenson and Elizabeth (Booth) Tarkington.
Tarkington, Newton Booth was born on July 29, 1869 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Honorary John Stevenson and Elizabeth (Booth) Tarkington.
Educated Phillips Exeter Academy, Purdue University and Princeton University. Honorary Master of Arts, Princeton, 1899, and Doctor of Letters, 1918. Also Doctor of Letters, De Pauw P., 1923.
Doctor of Letters, Columbia University, 1924.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Purdue University, 1939.
Member Indiana House of Representatives, 1902-1903. Twice awarded Pulitzer prize for literature.
Member Indiana House of Representatives, 1902-1903. Twice awarded Pulitzer prize for literature. Member American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Clubs: Ivy, Nassau (Princeton).
Married Laurel Louisa Fletcher, June 18, 1902. Married second, Susannah Robinson, 1912.