Ray Stannard Baker, (April 17, 1870-July 12, 1946), American journalist, and author, was born in Lansing, Michigan. After graduating from Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State), he attended law school at the University of Michigan in 1891 before launching his career as a journalist in 1892 with the ''Chicago News-Record,'' where he covered the Pullman Strike and Coxey's Army in 1893. In 1896, Baker joined the staff of ''McClure's,'' a pioneer muckraking magazine, and quickly rose to prominence along with Lincoln Steffens and Ida Tarbell. He also dabbled in fiction, writing children's stories for the magazine ''Youth's Companion'' and a nine-volume series titled "Adventures in Contentment" under the pseudonym David Grayson. In 1906, Baker, Steffens and Tarbell left ''McClure's'' and created ''American Magazine.'' In 1908, he wrote the book ''Following the Color Line,'' becoming the first prominent journalist to examine America's racial divide. He would continue that work with numerous articles in the following decade. In 1912, Baker supported the presidential candidacy of Woodrow Wilson, which led to a close relationship between the two men, and in 1918 Wilson sent Baker to Europe to study the World War I. During peace negotiations, Baker served as Wilson's press secretary at Versailles. He eventually published 15 volumes about Wilson and internationalism, including an 8-volume biography, the last two volumes of which won the Pulitzer Prize for biography in 1940. Baker died in Amherst, Massachusetts of a heart attack. ==External link== *[http://www.gutenberg.net/catalog/world/authrec?fk_authors=929 eTexts] of Baker/Grayson's works, at Project Gutenberg 1870 births 1946 deaths American writers Pulitzer Prize winners Early muckrackers
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Ray Stannard Baker, (April 17, 1870-July 12, 1946), American journalist, and author, was born in Lansing, Michigan. After graduating from Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State), he attended law school at the University of Michigan in 1891 before launching his career as a journalist in 1892 with the ''Chicago News-Record,'' where he covered the Pullman Strike and Coxey's Army in 1893. In 1896, Baker joined the staff of ''McClure's,'' a pioneer muckraking magazine, and quickly rose to prominence along with Lincoln Steffens and Ida Tarbell. He also dabbled in fiction, writing children's stories for the magazine ''Youth's Companion'' and a nine-volume series titled "Adventures in Contentment" under the pseudonym David Grayson. In 1906, Baker, Steffens and Tarbell left ''McClure's'' and created ''American Magazine.'' In 1908, he wrote the book ''Following the Color Line,'' becoming the first prominent journalist to examine America's racial divide. He would continue that work with numerous articles in the following decade. In 1912, Baker supported the presidential candidacy of Woodrow Wilson, which led to a close relationship between the two men, and in 1918 Wilson sent Baker to Europe to study the World War I. During peace negotiations, Baker served as Wilson's press secretary at Versailles. He eventually published 15 volumes about Wilson and internationalism, including an 8-volume biography, the last two volumes of which won the Pulitzer Prize for biography in 1940. Baker died in Amherst, Massachusetts of a heart attack. ==External link== *[http://www.gutenberg.net/catalog/world/authrec?fk_authors=929 eTexts] of Baker/Grayson's works, at Project Gutenberg 1870 births 1946 deaths American writers Pulitzer Prize winners Early muckrackers
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