Cleveland Amory | |
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 Cleveland Amory in 1974 | |
| Born | September 2, 1917 Nahant, Massachusetts |
| Died | October 14, 1998 (aged 81) Manhattan, New York |
| Resting place | Black Beauty Ranch, Murchison, Texas |
| Occupation | Author, commentator, reporter, and animal rights activist |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Notable works | The Proper Bostonians (1947) The Cat Who Came for Christmas (1987) |
| Spouse | (1) Cora Fields Craddock (m. 1941–1947, divorced) (2) Martha Hodge (m. Dec. 31, 1954–1977, divorced) |
Cleveland Amory (September 2, 1917 – October 14, 1998) was an American author, reporter, television critic, commentator and animal rights activist. He wrote a series of popular books poking fun at the pretensions and customs of society, starting with The Proper Bostonians in 1947. From the 1950s through the 1990s, he had a career as a reporter and writer for national magazines and as a television and radio commentator. In the late 1980s and 1990s, he wrote bestselling books about his adopted cat, Polar Bear, starting with The Cat Who Came for Christmas (1987).[1] Amory devoted much of his life to promoting animal rights, particularly protection of animals from hunting and vivisection. The executive director of the Humane Society of the United States described Amory as "the founding father of the modern animal protection movement."[2]
- ^ Unti Bernard (November 15, 1998). "Cleveland Amory". The Animals' Agenda Online. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007.
- ^ "Making Burros Fly: Cleveland Amory, Animal Rescue Pioneer". Humane Society of the United States. August 28, 2006. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008.