Eric P. Kelly, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eric P. Kelly

American children's writer and English professor

Date of Birth: 16-Mar-1884

Place of Birth: Amesbury, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 03-Jan-1960

Profession: writer, children's writer

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Eric Philbrook Kelly (March 16, 1884 – January 3, 1960) was an American journalist, academic and author of children's books.
He was a professor of English at Dartmouth College and briefly a lecturer at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.
He won the 1929 Newbery Medal recognizing his first published book, The Trumpeter of Krakow, as the preceding year's most distinguished contribution to American children's literature.