Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Sheehan, Perley Poore

SHEEHAN, PERLEY POORE, an American editor and writer, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1875. He graduated from Union College in 1898, and engaged in newspaper work in New York, London, and Paris, until 1908. He was in charge of the Paris edition of the “New York Herald,” from 1905 to 1907, and from 1908 to 1910 was associate editor of the Munsey publications. He wrote “The Seer” (1913); “Those Who Walk in Darkness” (1915); “If You Believe It, It's So” (1919). He also collaborated in the writing of several plays.