About Lawrence Van Gelder
Lived 1933 – 2016 (aged 83). Lawrence Van Gelder was an American journalist.
Lawrence Ralph Van Gelder (February 17, 1933 – March 11, 2016) was an American journalist and instructor in journalism who worked at several different New York City-based newspapers in his long career. Until 2010, he was a senior editor of the Arts and Leisure weekly section of The New York Times, as well as a film critic. Among the newspapers for which Van Gelder worked were the New York Daily Mirror, the New York Daily News, the New York World-Telegram and Sun and the World-Journal-Tribune.
Biologist Richard Van Gelder was his brother and Gordon Van Gelder, the editor and publisher of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, a nephew. Van Gelder graduated from Columbia University in 1953 (Columbia College (New York) and Columbia Law School). He began working at the Times in May 1967.
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Who was Lawrence Van Gelder?
American journalist (1933-2016)
When was Lawrence Van Gelder born?
Lawrence Van Gelder was born on 17 February 1933 in New York City.
When did Lawrence Van Gelder die?
Lawrence Van Gelder died on 11 March 2016 in New York (state), New York City.
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Lawrence Van Gelder was a journalist.
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Lawrence Van Gelder was American.
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