Rollo Ogden (January 19, 1856 – February 22, 1937) was a United States journalist.

Biography

Ogden was born in

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, educated at

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and Union Theological Seminary and in 1881 was ordained a Presbyterian minister. For two years he was a missionary in

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, then became pastor of the Case Avenue Church of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1887 he began his journalistic work in

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, becoming editor of the New York ''Evening Post'' in 1903. In 1920 he left the ''Post'' to assume the associate editorship of the New York ''Times''. He became editor in 1922. He and Susan M. Mitchell were married in 1881.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ogden, Rollo 1856 births 1937 deaths American male journalists Williams College alumni Union Theological Seminary (New York City) alumni Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters