Arthur Dudley Vinton

Arthur Dudley Vinton (December 23, 1852 – September 12, 1906) was an author and lawyer.

Early life Dudley Vinton, as he was called, was born in Brooklyn, New York, on December 23, 1852. He was the third son of the Reverend Dr. Francis Vinton (1809–1872) and his second wife, Elizabeth Mason (née Perry) Vinton (1819–1878). His father, who was previously married to Maria Bowen Whipple, was a well-known pastor affiliated with Trinity Church in Newport and Trinity Church in lower Manhattan. His paternal uncle, David Hammond Vinton, served as a brevet major general in the U.S. Army.

Arthur Vinton attended the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute then joined the United States Navy and became a Col. A.D.V. Midshipman before attending college. He graduated from Columbia Law School.

Career After graduation from law school, Vinton worked at Evarts, Southmayd & Choate, before starting a law firm in 1879 with two wealthy classmates, his cousin, Perry Belmont, and George Griswold Frelinghuysen. He also invented an automatic railway signal. After a funeral service at Belmont Chapel, he was buried at Island Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island.

Published works The Pomfret Mystery: A Novel of Incident (1886) The Unpardonable Sin (1889) Looking Further Backward (1890), a derisory sequel to Edward Bellamy's novel Looking Backward.