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George Weller

George Weller, American author, playwright, and journalist (died 2002)

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Born
July 13, 1907
Died
December 19, 2002
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1907

About George Weller

George Anthony Weller was an American novelist, playwright, and journalist for The New York Times and Chicago Daily News. He won a 1943 Pulitzer Prize as a Daily News war correspondent. You have added luster to the difficult, dangerous and arduous profession of War Correspondent." Weller was also awarded a 1954 George Polk Memorial Award and a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard. Weller won the Pulitzer Prize for Reporting for his December 14, 1942, Chicago Daily News story "Doc" Lipes Commandeers a Submarine Officers' Wardroom". Based on articles first published in the Chicago Daily News, this pamphlet joined such publications as King Leopold Vindicated in the repertoire of the Belgium Information Center.

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George Weller timeline

  1. Weller won the Pulitzer Prize for Reporting for his December 14, 1942, Chicago Daily News story "Doc" Lipes Commandeers a Submarine Officers' Wardroom".
  2. He won a 1943 Pulitzer Prize as a Daily News war correspondent.
  3. You have added luster to the difficult, dangerous and arduous profession of War Correspondent." Weller was also awarded a 1954 George Polk Memorial Award and a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard.

The world when George Weller was born

George Weller was born in 1907. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1907

  • Best-selling book"The Lady of the Decoration" – Frances Little

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentChicago Cubs win first of back-to-back World Series titles
  • Top headlinePanic of 1907 — financial crisis leads to Federal Reserve creation
  • Technology milestoneFirst commercial helicopter design
  • World population~1.67B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population86.0M

1907 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in George Weller's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19072026
Population86.0M341 million

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