Frederick R. Toombs

Frederick R. Toombs was an American writer active in the early 1900s. He is most closely associated with A Gentleman from Mississippi, a political story that appeared both as a novel and as a stage work, and his name still turns up in library and bookseller records for that title.

Period sources also show that he worked well beyond fiction. A 1910 volume in Spalding's Athletic Library describes him as a well-known authority on several sports, notes that he had been sporting editor for the American Press Association in New York, and adds that he had also worked as a dramatic editor and was a lawyer.

Reliable biographical information about his personal life appears to be scarce, so only a basic outline can be confirmed here. I could not verify a suitable portrait image from the sources available.