Edwin M. (Edwin Monroe) Bacon

Born on October 20, 1844, Edwin Munroe Bacon was an American writer, editor, and journalist whose career was closely tied to Boston. He worked for the Boston Daily Advertiser and later for The Boston Globe, building a reputation as a clear, well-informed observer of the city and its public life.

Alongside newspaper work, he wrote extensively about Boston, Massachusetts, and New England. His books include Bacon's Dictionary of Boston, and he became especially known for making local history approachable for general readers rather than only for specialists.

Bacon died on February 24, 1916. Remembered as both a newspaperman and a popular historian, he left behind a body of work that helped preserve the stories, landmarks, and civic memory of Boston for later generations.