John O'Hara
American
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| 1905/01/31 | Katharine Delaney O'Hara, wife of Patrick H O'Hara, gives birth to a son, John Henry O'Hara, in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. | Born | Pottsville | Pennsylvania | |||
| 1916/00/00 | Patrick H O'Hara buys the old Yuengling house. The O'Hara family will live here until 1940. | Home | John O'Hara House | Pottsville | |||
| 1933/00/00 | When I got down to my last $3, I wrote to Harcourt, Brace. They liked the chapters I sent them and paid me $50 a week for six months until I finished it. - John O'Hara | Author | Appointment in Samarra (book) | ||||
| 1934/08/16 | "Appointment in Samarra" by John O'Hara is published by Harcourt, Brace and World. | Author | Appointment in Samarra (book) | ||||
| 1945/12/00 | John O'Hara's reduces alcohol consumption after the death of his friend, the humorist Robert Benchley. | Health | |||||
| 1950/09/10 | John O'Hara's review of the newest Ernest Hemingway novel, "Across the River and Into the Trees" is published in The New York Times Book Review. | Author | |||||
| 1953/00/00 | After suffering a massive stomach hemorrhage, John O'Hara's gives up drinking liquor. | Health | |||||
| 1970/04/00 | John O'Hara writes his own epitaph: Better than anyone else, he told the truth about his time. He was a professional. He wrote honestly and well. | Author | |||||
| 1970/04/15 | John Henry O'Hara dies from cardiovascular disease at "Linebrook", his French-style manor house in Princeton, New Jersey. | Died | |||||
| 1970/04/17 | Joan Payson and her brother John Hay Whitney, Cartoonist Charles Addams, Donald Klopfer of Random House, Albert Erskine attend John O'Hara's funeral. Phyllis Fraser Cerf also attends, Her husband, publisher Bennett Cerf is in California on a lecture tour. | In Memoriam | Princeton University Chapel | Princeton University | |||
| 1970/04/17 | John O'Hara is buried at Princeton Cemetery in Princeton, New Jersey. The mourners included Robert F Goheen the president of Princeton University, former Gov Richard J Hughes, Camilla Sewall Edge, Prof Matthew J Bruccoli and Charles Mann of Penn State. | In Memoriam | Princeton Cemetery | Princeton |
1 Creative Work by John O'Hara »
| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
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| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
| Appointment in Samarra (book) | Author | Novel | 1934/08/16 |
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