Hermann Hagedorn

Hermann Hagedorn was born in New York City in 1882 and was educated at The Hill School and Harvard, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1907. He also studied at the University of Berlin and Columbia, and from 1909 to 1911 he taught English at Harvard.

He wrote poetry, fiction, and biography, but he is especially remembered for his books on Theodore Roosevelt. Sources from the Theodore Roosevelt Center and archival collections at Yale, Syracuse, and the Library of Congress also show how closely his career became tied to preserving Roosevelt's memory and promoting his public legacy.

From 1919 to 1957, Hagedorn served as secretary and director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association. He died in 1964, leaving behind a large body of writings and papers that reflect both his own literary work and his place in American cultural and political history.