Frederick Franklin Schrader

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Frederick Franklin Schrader (27 October 1857 Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg - 1943) was an American journalist and dramatist.

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Biography

He was the son of a United States citizen, and came to the United States with his parents in 1869. He was educated in public schools in Davenport, Iowa, and St. Joseph, Missouri, and received academic training in Hamburg. [1]

Throughout his life, Schrader held the following positions: managing editor of the Denver Republican, 1879–1881; of the St. Joseph Herald, 1882–1884; manager of Tootle's Opera House of St. Joseph, 1884–1886; Pope's Theatre of St. Louis, 1886–1887; secretary of the Board of Trade of St. Joseph, 1887–1891; Washington correspondent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat , 1891–1894; assistant and acting secretary, Republican Congressional Committee, 1896–1900; author of Republican Text Book, 1898; political writer Washington Post, 1894–1896, and then dramatic editor, 1901–1906; correspondent for the Kansas City Journal after 1896; on the literary staff of David Belasco, 1906–1909; dramatic editor of the New York Globe, 1909–1910; editor of the New York Dramatic Mirror ; president of a publishing company, 19 August 1912 to 9 September 1916; co-founder with George S. Viereck of The Fatherland, August 1914; and for some time associate editor and later editor of Issues and Events. [1] [2]

In December 1918, before a Senate committee, Schrader denied ever profiting from, or even being aware of, the $100,000 which Deputy Attorney General Alfred Becker alleged the German government paid to The Fatherland. [3]

Family

On June 6, 1879, he married Anna McNulty. She died on February 16, 1894, and on November 6, 1895, he married Marie R. Bailey.

Works

Plays

He was the lyricist for Baron Trenck , produced in London (1911) and New York City (1912). [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1906). "Schrader, Frederick Franklin". Who's Who in America. Vol. 4. p. 1575.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Schrader, Frederick Franklin"  . Encyclopedia Americana .
  3. "Untermyer Again Defends Loyalty" (PDF). The New York Times . December 8, 1918.