Ogden Nash

b. Frederick Ogden Nash, 19 August 1902, Rye, New York, USA, d. 19 May 1971, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. A descendent of General Francis Nash, after whom is named Nashville, Tennessee, Ogden was raised in various towns, a result of his father's peripatetic job. Although well educated, financial pressure forced Nash to drop out of Harvard University in 1921 after which he took various posts before entering publishing in 1925. This was the year his first book for children appeared, The Cricket Of Caradon, written in collaboration with Joseph Alger. In 1930 his first humorous poem,...