Background
Ritchie, Robert Welles was born on June 17, 1879 in Quincy, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert and Hannah (Thomas) Ritchie.
Ritchie, Robert Welles was born on June 17, 1879 in Quincy, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert and Hannah (Thomas) Ritchie.
Graduate Oakland (California) High School, 1898. Bachelor of Science, University of California, 1902.
Began as newspaper reporter, San Francisco, 1902. Editor Japan. Advertiser, Yokohama, 1904-1905. On staff New York Sun, 1906-1913, New York Evening World, 1913-1918.
War correspondent and London correspondent Hearst papers, 1918-1919.
On editorial staff Country Gentleman, 1919-1927. London correspondent Hearst papers, 1928-1931.
Special correspondent New York Sun in Mexico during Madero revolution, 1911, for Hearst papers at Treaty of Versailles, 1918. Special assignments to of Korea, Manchuria, San Francisco fire, to Labrador to meet Peary, et cetera
Member Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Clubs: Family (San Francisco).
Married Jean Knight, August, 1908.