Charlton Ogburn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charlton Ogburn

American journalist and author

Date of Birth: 15-Mar-1911

Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Date of Death: 19-Oct-1998

Profession: poet, historian

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Charlton Ogburn Jr.
(15 March 1911, in Atlanta, Georgia – 19 October 1998, in Beaufort, South Carolina) was an American journalist and author, most notably of memoirs and non-fiction works.
Before he established himself as a writer he served in the US army, and then as a State Department official, specialising in South-East Asian affairs. In his later years he was best known as an advocate of the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship, leading the revival of public interest in the theory in the 1980s.
He wrote over a dozen books and numerous magazine articles.