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Elmer Davis (January 13, 1890 – May 18, 1958) was a news reporter, author, the Director of the United States Office of War Information during World War II and a Peabody Award recipient. ==Education and early career== Davis was born in Aurora, Indiana, the son of a cashier for the First National Bank of Aurora. One of his first professional writing jobs was with the ''Indianapolis Star'', a position he held while attending Franklin College. A brilliant student, Davis received a Rhodes Scholarship to Queen's College, Oxford in 1910. His stay in England was cut short when his father fell ill and eventually died. Davis met his wife, Florence, in England. Upon his return to America, Davis became an editor for the pulp magazine ''Adventure'', leaving after a year to work as a reporter and editorial writer for ''The New York Times''. For the next decade, Davis reported on stories ranging from pugilist Jack Dempsey to evangelist Billy Sunday. It was his coverage of Billy Sunday that gained him notoriety. Davis later left ''The New York Times'' and became a freelance writer. Davis' best-known work is his company history (''History of the New York Times. 1851–1921'' ) (New York: The New York Times, 1921). In 1928 Davis published his one and only novel ''Giant Killer'', a retelling of the Biblical story of David. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elmer Davis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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