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Laura Thornburgh

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Laura Thornburgh

Birth
Tennessee, USA
Death
29 Mar 1973 (aged 88)
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Author; daughter of Jacob Montgomery & Laura Pettibone Thornburg. Graduated from University of Tennessee 1904 with a B.A. Degree. Ms. Thornburgh also attended the University of Geneva and George Washington University, Columbia.

Ms. Thornburgh was a dramatic critic and book reviewer for the Knoxville Sentinal, 1907-1917; Scenario Editor Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 1917-1920; Film Editor National Non-Theatrical Motion Pictures.

Faculty Member (summers) University of Tennessee 1923; George Washington University 1924; Director of Educational Motion Pictures 1930-1932; Member of Adm. Association. University Women, League Am. Pen Women (chairman National Motion Picture Com 1932-1933), International Association of Arts and Letters, Chi Omega. Ms. Thornburgh was a Republican and Catholic.

Ms. Thornburgh wrote many feature articles for newspapers and magazines regarding the Great Smokey Mountain and kindred subjects.

Ms. Thornburgh wrote the book, "The Great Smokey Mountains" which was first published in 1938.

Ms. Thornburgh spent her summers at Thornborough Cabin in Gatlinburg, Tennessee with winters spent in Knoxville, Tn with her brother and mother.

*This information was Taken from Who's Who in America, 1936-1937
Author; daughter of Jacob Montgomery & Laura Pettibone Thornburg. Graduated from University of Tennessee 1904 with a B.A. Degree. Ms. Thornburgh also attended the University of Geneva and George Washington University, Columbia.

Ms. Thornburgh was a dramatic critic and book reviewer for the Knoxville Sentinal, 1907-1917; Scenario Editor Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 1917-1920; Film Editor National Non-Theatrical Motion Pictures.

Faculty Member (summers) University of Tennessee 1923; George Washington University 1924; Director of Educational Motion Pictures 1930-1932; Member of Adm. Association. University Women, League Am. Pen Women (chairman National Motion Picture Com 1932-1933), International Association of Arts and Letters, Chi Omega. Ms. Thornburgh was a Republican and Catholic.

Ms. Thornburgh wrote many feature articles for newspapers and magazines regarding the Great Smokey Mountain and kindred subjects.

Ms. Thornburgh wrote the book, "The Great Smokey Mountains" which was first published in 1938.

Ms. Thornburgh spent her summers at Thornborough Cabin in Gatlinburg, Tennessee with winters spent in Knoxville, Tn with her brother and mother.

*This information was Taken from Who's Who in America, 1936-1937


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