* John W. Campbell, an influential science fiction writer who " shaped the Golden Age of Science Fiction "

* 1871 – John Millington Synge, Irish writer ( d. 1909 )

However, its intermediate result storage mechanism, a paper card writer / reader, was unreliable, and when inventor John Vincent Atanasoff left Iowa State College for World War II assignments, work on the machine was discontinued.

Washington Irving, a prominent American writer with a European reputation, was approached by John Jacob Astor to mythologize the three-year reign of his Pacific Fur Company.

* 1735 – Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he had published was true.

* 2006 – Julia Thorne, American writer, ex-wife of John Kerry ( b. 1944 )

* 1923 – John Mortimer, English barrister and writer ( d. 2009 )

* 2009 – John Michell, English writer ( b. 1933 )

Fans of the strip ranged from novelist John Steinbeck, who called Capp " possibly the best writer in the world today " in 1953, and even earnestly recommended him for the Nobel Prize in literature — to media critic and theorist Marshall McLuhan, who considered Capp " the only robust satirical force in American life.

John Altschuler, formerly a writer for King of the Hill, told a Rolling Stone reporter that he saw signs that Mike Judge was thinking of reviving Beavis and Butt-Head.

* 1: John Arcudi, writer / Lee Moder, pencils / Ande Parks, inks.

It was first popularized in the 1920s by John J. Fitz Gerald, a sports writer for the New York Morning Telegraph.

Astrophysicist and science writer John Gribbin describes it as having fallen from primacy after the 1980s.

In 1950, St. John Publications produced the digest-sized, adult-oriented " picture novel " It Rhymes with Lust, a 128-page digest by pseudonymous writer " Drake Waller " ( Arnold Drake and Leslie Waller ), penciler Matt Baker and inker Ray Osrin, touted as " an original full-length novel " on its cover.

He remains the only person, along with John Finch, to have held the three posts of script editor, writer and producer.

In the wake of John Byrne's reboot of Superman continuity in The Man of Steel, many traditional aspects of Clark Kent were dropped in favor of giving him a more aggressive and extroverted personality ( although not as strong as Lois ), including such aspects as making Clark a top football player in high school, along with being a successful author and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer.

This fact was one of the main inspirations for the 1980s reboot of the Clark Kent half of the Superman character, according to writer and artist John Byrne in the article " Super-Discussions " published by Attic Books in Comics Values Monthly Special # 2 ( 1992 ).

In connection with this interpretation, David and Margaret Leeming describe Genesis 1 as a " demythologized myth ", and John L. McKenzie asserts that the writer of Genesis 1 has " excised the mythical elements " from his creation story.

She is the niece of Diana Barrymore and the grandniece of Lionel Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore and Helene Costello, the great-great-granddaughter of John Drew and actress Louisa Lane Drew, and the great grandniece of Broadway idol John Drew, Jr. and silent film actor / writer / director Sidney Drew.

* 2003 – John Gregory Dunne, American writer ( b. 1932 )

* 1954 – John Raymond Hubbell, American writer ( b. 1879 )

* John Disney ( Unitarian ), English writer

Now in his thirties, Oxford bought a sublease of the premises used by the boy companies in the Blackfriars sometime after November, 1583, and then gave it to his secretary, the writer John Lyly.

In 1993, USA Today included a weekly columnist on fantasy baseball, John Hunt, and he became perhaps the most visible writer in the industry before the rise of the Internet.

Key members included writer Maltese, layout artist / background designer / co-director Maurice Noble, animator and co-director Abe Levitow, and animators Ken Harris and Ben Washam.

* 1845 – Joel Chandler Harris, American writer ( d. 1908 )

* 1870 – William Laurel Harris, American mural painter and writer ( d. 1924 )

John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris ( 10 July 1903 – 11 March 1969 ) was an English science fiction writer who usually used the pen name John Wyndham, although he also used other combinations of his names, such as John Beynon and Lucas Parkes.

His early childhood was spent in Edgbaston in Birmingham, but when he was eight years old his parents separated and he and his brother, the writer Vivian Beynon Harris, spent the rest of their childhood at a number of English preparatory and boarding schools, including Blundell's School in Devon during the First World War.

* 1908 – Joel Chandler Harris, American writer ( b. 1845 )

** Wilson Harris, Guyanese writer

* December 9 – Joel Chandler Harris, American writer ( d. 1908 )

* September 7 – John Harris, English writer ( b. c. 1666 )

Girodias also published My Life and Loves: Fifth Volume, which purported to be the final volume of the autobiography of Irish writer Frank Harris.

Black church historical writer James H. Harris has argued that the revolt " marked the turning point in the black struggle for liberation " since, in his view, " only a cataclysmic act could convince the architects of a violent social order that violence begets violence.

* Chris Harris, English performer, director and writer who starred in Into the Labyrinth.

Harris ' original Uncle Remus stories were all set after the American Civil War and the abolition of slavery ( Harris himself, born in 1845, was a racial reconciliation activist writer and journalist of the Reconstruction era ).

In partnership with another struggling writer, Sam Harris, he finally interests a producer and they are on the road to success.

Richard St John Harris ( 1 October 1930-25 October 2002 ) was an Irish actor, singer-songwriter, theatrical producer, film director and writer.

Harvey was cast as the writer Christopher Isherwood in I Am A Camera ( 1955 ), with Julie Harris as Sally Bowles ( Cabaret is a musical from the same source texts ).

It included collaborations with Daniel Lanois, Emmylou Harris, Pink Floyd's Roger Waters, and writer ( and friend ) Frank McGuinness.

Edward Allen " Ed " Harris ( born November 28, 1950 ) is an American actor, writer, and director, known for his performances in Pollock, Appaloosa, The Rock, The Abyss, A Beautiful Mind, A History of Violence, Enemy at the Gates, The Right Stuff, Gone, Baby, Gone, Jackknife, Empire Falls and Game Change.

* March 24 – Wilson Harris, Guyanese writer

The BBC produced a television adaptation by writer Richard Harris, consisting of six 30 minute episodes, in 1976.

* September 7-John Harris ( writer ) ( born c. 1666 )

As another source of her transformation into an organizer, biographer Elliott Gorn draws out her early Roman Catholic connection – including bringing to light her relationship to her estranged brother, Father William Richard Harris, Roman Catholic teacher, writer, pastor, and Dean of the Niagara Peninsula ( in St Catharine's ) in the Diocese of Toronto, who was " among the best-known clerics in Ontario.

** John Pfeiffer ( producer & notes writer ), Ray Hall, Thomas MacCluskey, James P. Nichols, Anthony Salvatore, Jon M. Samuels, David Satz ( engineers ), J. J. Stelmach ( art director ), Gabriel Banat, Grant Beglarian, Robert Cowan, Mortimer W. Frank, Richard Freed, Erick Friedman, Harris Goldsmith, Josefa Heifetz, George Jellinek, Irving Kolodin, Jacob Lateiner, Laurence Lesser, Myra C. Livingston, John Maltese, John Anthony Maltese, Leonard Pennario & Brooks Smith ( notes writers ) for The Heifetz Collection performed by Jascha Heifetz & various artists

Marjorie Harris BA ( born 15 Sep 1937 as Marjorie Stibbards in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan ) is a Canadian non-fiction writer who has published numerous books on gardening.