Hawthorne Daniel

Born in Norfolk, Nebraska, on January 20, 1890, and also known as Lucien Hawthorne Daniel, he built a varied career as a reporter, editor, lecturer, curator of printing and publishing, and author. Nebraska Authors records that he studied at the U.S. Naval Academy, Iowa State College, Columbia University, and New York University, and lived in places including Washington, D.C., New York, and Lynchburg, Virginia.

His writing ranged across fiction and nonfiction, with a strong interest in maritime subjects and historical adventure. Among the works linked to him are Ships of the Seven Seas, The Clipper Ship, Bare Hands, Broken Dykes, For Want of a Nail, Judge Medina: A Biography, and Ferdinand Magellan. Nebraska Authors also notes that he worked as a war correspondent in the Pacific and Europe during World War II and later received a Navy commendation for that service.

He died in Lynchburg, Virginia, on January 2, 1981. Reliable biographical sources confirm the outline of his life and career, but I did not find a clearly verified portrait image from a trustworthy page during this search, so no profile image is included here.