Background
Griffith, William was born on February 15, 1876 in Memphis, Missouri, United States. Son of Samuel P. and Minerva (Downing) Griffith.
Griffith, William was born on February 15, 1876 in Memphis, Missouri, United States. Son of Samuel P. and Minerva (Downing) Griffith.
Public school education.
On staffs of New York newspapers, 1901-1906. Managing editor Hampton’s Magazine, 1906-1909. Editor, director and secretary Travel Magazine, 1910.
Editor McCall’s Magazine, 1911-1912.
Editor, director and treasurer National Sunday Magazine, 1912-1916. Editor Current Opinion, 1917-1925.
Editor William H. Wise & Company, 1925-1929. Editor Forum Press, Incorporated., 1929.
Editor The Authors Digest, since 1931.
President Poetry Society of America, 1929-1931. Author: History of Kansas City and the Louisiana Purchase, 1899. Loves and Losses of Pierrot, 1916, revised and completed edit, 1924.
Candles in the Sun, 1921.
Selected Pierrot Lyrics, 1923. Editor: Life, Meaning, and Messages of Theodore Roosevelt, 1919.
Great Painters and Their Famous Bible Pictures, 1925. Associate editor, with Edwin Markham, of The Book of Poetry, 1926.
The Book of Elbert Hubbard, 1934.
Bermuda Troubadours, 1934. Editor American Scrap Book and European Scrap Book, 1928-1929. Home: New York, New New York
Married Florence Vernon, June 25, 1909.