
Robert Sengstacke Abbott
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 84 years ago |
Date of birth | December 24,1870 |
Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
Born | St. Simons Island |
Georgia | |
United States | |
Date of died | February 29,1940 |
Died | Chicago |
Illinois | |
United States | |
Relatives | John H. Sengstacke |
Robert A. Sengstacke | |
Spouse(s) | Edna Brown |
Job | Lawyer |
Businessperson | |
Book editor | |
Publisher | |
Education | Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Institute of Technology |
Hampton University | |
Chicago-Kent College of Law | |
Spouse | Edna Brown Denison |
Helen Thornton Morrison | |
Known for | publisher |
The Chicago Defender | |
Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic | |
Place of burial | Lincoln Cemetery, Illinois, United States |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 547675 |
Robert Sengstacke Abbott Life story
Robert Sengstacke Abbott was an American lawyer, newspaper publisher and editor. Abbott founded The Chicago Defender in 1905, which grew to have the highest circulation of any black-owned newspaper in the country.