- Born
- Died
- Birth nameFranklin Pierce Adams
- Nickname
- F.P.A.
- Franklin P. Adams was born on November 15, 1881 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was married to Minna Schwartz and Esther Sales Root. He died on March 23, 1960 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpousesMinna Schwartz(1904 - ?) (divorced)Esther Sales Root(? - March 23, 1960) (his death, 4 children)
- Panelist on NBC Radio's "Information Please" (1938-52).
- Children: Persephone, Anthony, Timothy, and Jonathan.
- During World War I he served as a captain in a US Army Military Intelligence unit in France.
- I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.
- I hate the pollyanna pest who says that all is for the best.
- There are plenty of good five-cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter. What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel.
- To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.
- When the political columnists say "Every thinking man" they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to "Every intelligent voter" they mean everybody who is going to vote for them.
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