Background
Lane, Robert Ripley was born on September 27, 1880 in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Horace H. and Evelyn N. (Alexander) Lane.
Lane, Robert Ripley was born on September 27, 1880 in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Horace H. and Evelyn N. (Alexander) Lane.
Student Amherst College, 1898-1900, 1903-1904.
1 son, Robert Philips. Teacher high schools, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, 1901-1903. Reporter and copy-reader World, Herold, Sun and News (Baltimore), successively, 1904-1910.
Editorial writer, legislative correspondent, news editor and assistant managing editor Baltimore Star, 1910-1912. Began with Newark News, 1912, editorial writer, 1920-1925, Washington correspondent, 1925-1934, became editorial writer, 1934.
Member New Jersey History Society (honorary life), Chi Phi. Clubs: Gridiron, National Press (Washington). Frequent lecturer public affairs.
Married Catherine Cecilia Gibson, October 11, 1910.