Background
Lewis, Lloyd Downs was born on May 2, 1891 in Pendleton, Indiana, United States. Son of Jay and Josephine (Downs) Lewis.
Lewis, Lloyd Downs was born on May 2, 1891 in Pendleton, Indiana, United States. Son of Jay and Josephine (Downs) Lewis.
Bachelor of Arts, Swarthmore College, 1913. Doctor of Letters, Northwestern University, 1947.
Newspaperman Philadelphia and Chicago, 1913-1919. Advertising, 1920-1930. Drama critic, Chicago Daily News, 1930-1945, also sports editor 1936-1943 managing editor 1943-1945.
Columnist Chicago Sun-Times since 1945. Lecturer history, University of Chicago, 1937-1938. Author: Myths After Lincoln, 1929.
Chicago—The History of Its Reputation (with Henry Justin Smith), 1929. Sherman, Fighting Prophet, 1932. Jayhawker (with Sinclair Lewis), 1935.
Oscar Wilde Discovers America (with Henry Justin Smith), 1936. John S. Wright, Prophet of the Prairies, 1941. It Takes All Kinds, 1947.
Captain Sam Grant, 1949. Home: Little Saint Mary’s Road, Libertyville, Ill.
Married Kathryn Dougherty, December 30, 1925.