Background
Markham, Reuben Henry was born on February 21, 1887 in Twelve Mile, Kansas, United States. Son of Lucius C. and Maggie (Benjamin) Markham.
Markham, Reuben Henry was born on February 21, 1887 in Twelve Mile, Kansas, United States. Son of Lucius C. and Maggie (Benjamin) Markham.
Bachelor of Arts, Washburn College, Topeka, 1908. Bachelor of Divinity, Union TheOl. Seminary, New York City, 1911.
Master of Arts, Columbia, 1912.
Missionary for American Mission Board of Boston, Bulgaria, 1912-1918, as acting director American Boys’ School, 1914, American Girls’ School, 1917 (witnesses 1st and 2d Balkan wars and several revolutions). Secretary Young Men's Christian Association, Archangel, Russia, 1918, later with Russian prisoners in France. Returned to Bulgaria under Mission Board, 1920-1926, as head Mission publication work, founded monthly magazine, The Seed, editor church paper, The Morning Star.
Founded weekly, The World, printed in Bulgarian language (discontinued after 2 years).
With Christian Science Monitor, 1926-1949, as Bulgarian and Balkan correspondent, and for Central and South.E. Europe. Covered Ethiopian War, 1935, in Bible Land, 1936, Socialist uprising, Austria, 1934, Hitler’s entrance into Vienna, 1938.
Staff writer in the United States, 1939-1942 and 1946-1949. In Europe to report from Balkan countries, 1945, expelled from Romania and other Russian controller countries, 1946.
On leave as deputy chief work for Balkans, O.W.I., in New York, Washington and Mediterranean Area, 1942-1944.
Special consultant to the United States Government, 1949. Resigned to do free lance writing. Lecturer; feature writer for various magazines
Mason.
Married Mary Gall, August 31, 1909. Children: Eleonora, Helen, Jordan.