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Fullerton L. (Fullerton Leonard) Waldo

1877–1933

A journalist, editor, and prolific nonfiction writer, this early 20th-century author wrote about travel, public affairs, housing reform, and the work of Dr. Wilfred Grenfell in Labrador. His books blend reporting with a lively, first-hand sense of place and purpose.

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Good housing that pays A study of the aims and the accomplishment of the Octavia Hill Association, 1896-1917

Good housing that pays A study of the aims and the accomplishment of the Octavia Hill Association, 1896-1917

by Fullerton L. (Fullerton Leonard) Waldo

Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North

Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North

by Fullerton L. (Fullerton Leonard) Waldo

With Grenfell on the Labrador

With Grenfell on the Labrador

by Fullerton L. (Fullerton Leonard) Waldo

About the author

Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1877, Fullerton Leonard Waldo built a varied career as a journalist and editor before becoming known as the author of books on travel, social issues, and current affairs. Library and catalog records identify him as the author of works including The Panama Canal: A Personal Study of Actual Conditions, Good Housing That Pays, Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North, and With Grenfell on the Labrador.

Waldo's writing shows a strong interest in people working at the edges of public life and geography: reformers, explorers, missionaries, and communities far from major cities. That mix of reportage and biography gave his books an accessible, energetic style that suited readers curious about the wider world in the early 1900s.

He died in 1933. Although he is not widely remembered today, his work still offers a useful window into the concerns of his era, from housing and international travel to humanitarian work in the North Atlantic world.