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Name |
Cody, Sherwin |
Othernames |
Alpheus Sherwin Cody |
Born |
Nov. 30, 1868 |
Birthplace |
Cody Mills, Michigan |
Places of residence |
Moved to Lake Bluff in 1897 Lived at 420 Simpson Ave. Moved to New York by 1920; then to Dobbs Ferry, Westchester County, N.Y |
Nationality |
American |
Education |
Amerherst College, MA |
Occupation |
Author and Linguistics Expert Began writing and publishing essays, articles and short stories in 1893 and continued through the 1950s. Worked for the Chicago Tribune in 1896 and was assigned to write a home study course on written English. By 1903, Cody was running a business selling correspondence courses on speaking and writing English out of his Lake Bluff home and from an office at 1607 Marquette Blvd., Chicago. - Offered patented correspondence courses or classes in his Chicago office |
Role |
Academic |
Publications |
"The Art of Writing and Speaking the English Language" (1903) "The Sherwin Cody 100% Self-Correcting Course the English Language" (1918) - published until 1959 Nutshell Library (1927), a collection of pocket books excerpting works of great writers |
Relationships |
William Frederick Cody (Buffalo Bill) - First Cousin |
Spouse |
Marian Hurley - m. Sept. 5, 1896 (Southwark, England) |
Children |
Edward Morrill - served in the U.S. Foreign Service and Radio Liberty |
Notes |
First Chair of the Lake Bluff Park Commission in 1911. Chaired the " Lake Bluff Beautiful' " campaign in 1913 to "preserve the beauty of Lake Bluff" (Lake Bluff Chat, Sept. 20, 1913) |
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