Background
Holliday, Robert Cortes was born on July 18, 1880 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Wilbur F. and Minerva J. (Kendrick) Holliday.
Holliday, Robert Cortes was born on July 18, 1880 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of Wilbur F. and Minerva J. (Kendrick) Holliday.
Student Art Students’ League, New York, 1899-1902, University of Kansas, 1903-1904.
Illustrator for magazines, 1904-1905. Book-seller, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1906-1911. Librarian New York Public Library, 1912.
Reference librarian, New York School of Philanthropy, 1913.
Assistant literature editor, New York Tribune, 1913-1914. Reporter and editor The Fishing Gazette, New York, 1915.
With editorial department Doubleday, Page & Company, 1916, George H. Doran Company, 1917. Associate editor The Bookman, 1918, editor, 1919-1920, contributing editor, 1921-1923.
Literature adviser Henry Holt & Company, 1921-1923.
Staff writer for Leslie’s Weekly, 1921. Feature writer McNaught Syndicate, 1921. Publicity work with John Price Jones, 1923.
Literature critic for Life, 1923.
Account executive Barton, Durstine & Oshorn, 1923-1924. Journalism and advertising, 1925.
Instructor in writing for publication since 1926.
Member Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Clubs: Players.
Married Estelle Alice Hickman, July 12, 1913 (divorced).