Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. was an American writer, muckraker, political activist and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for governor of California. He wrote nearly 100 books and other works in several genres. Wikipedia
Born: September 20, 1878, Baltimore, MD
Died: November 25, 1968 (age 90 years), Bound Brook, NJ
Awards: Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Hard Willis (m. 1961–1967), Mary Craig Sinclair (m. 1913–1961), and Meta Fuller (m. 1900–1911)
Organizations founded: Helicon Home Colony, End Poverty in California, and League for Industrial Democracy
Grandparents: Leila Imogen Dawley and Arthur Sinclair
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