Richard Harding Davis was the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish–American War, the Second Boer War, and World War I. He was also a writer of fiction, helped shape the evolution of the American magazine, and is considered the inspiration for the "Gibson Man," the male equivalent of the Gibson Girl.[1]
Richard Harding Davis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 18 April 1864 to Lemuel Clarke Davis and Rebecca Blaine Harding.[2] Both of his parents were writers, and as his career became more established, he wrote for various important publishers. At one point, he was one of the managing editors of Harper's Weekly. As one of the most prominent writers of the time, he was friends with Theodore Roosevelt and helped shape the myth of the Rough Riders.
Richard married Cecil Clark on 3 May 1899 in Marion, Massachusetts.[3] They divorced in 1912, and Richard married Elizabeth Genevieve McEvoy, an actress and vaudeville performer. They had 1 daugher, Hope. He died suddenly of a heart attack 1 week before his 52nd birthday.[4]
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