Background
Lindabury, Richard Vliet was born on September 5, 1900 in Brernardsville, New Jersey, United States. Son of Richard Vliet and Lillie (Van Saun) Lindabury.
Lindabury, Richard Vliet was born on September 5, 1900 in Brernardsville, New Jersey, United States. Son of Richard Vliet and Lillie (Van Saun) Lindabury.
Graduate Hill School, 1917. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1921, Master of Arts, 1923, Doctor of Philosophy, 1930.
Instructor English department Princeton, 1922-1925, 27-29, lecturer, 1945-1946. Research, 1930-1941; with foreign nationalities branch Office of Strategic Services, 1942-1945. Associate editor Colliers Encyclopedia, 1946-1950.
Editorial writer New York Herald Tribune, 1952-1956, poetry editor, 1956-1957.
Editor Proceedings New Jersey History Society, 1959-1974. Associate Professor of English, Fairleigh Dickinson College, 1961-1962.
Secretary New Jersey Roadside Council, 1938-1942, president, 1946-1947. Executive Board Princeton Community Players, 1934-1942, 45-49, president, 1940-1941.
Member Poetry Society American (Executive Board 1959-1963, president 1963), New Jersey History Society (Second vice president 1959-1974), Archaeological Society Princeton (president 1959-1962), History Society Princeton (vice president 1960-1974), Society Colonial Wars New Jersey (lieutenant governor 1965-1974), Shakespeare Society Philadelphia, Saint Nicholas Society, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Alice Ballantine Young, May 20, 1927. Children: Alice Van Saun (Mistress Alan Peter Carter), Margaret Boyd (Mistress Philip Cooper, Junior.