Osmond Richard Cummings
American author and historian
About Osmond Richard Cummings
Lived 1923 – 2013 (aged 89). Osmond Richard Cummings was a writer, military personnel and historian.
Osmond Richard Cummings (May 17, 1923 – January 15, 2013) was an American author and historian. He published several histories of railroad systems in New England.
Life and career Cummings was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, in 1923, the son of Orrin Cummings and Mary Audley. He lived in the Newburyport–Amesbury area for over thirty years.
He graduated Amesbury High School in 1940, then attended Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, for two years. He graduated from the Bentley School of Accounting and Finance in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1948. Atlantic Shore Line Railway: its predecessors and its successors (1957) Portland Railroad: Part I, historical development and operations (1957) Portland Railroad: Part II, Rolling stock, carhouses, power supply (1959) Waterville, Fairfield & Oakland Railway Company (1965)
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American author and historian (1923–2013)
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Osmond Richard Cummings was born on 17 May 1923 in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
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Osmond Richard Cummings died on 15 January 2013 in Manchester, New Hampshire.
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Osmond Richard Cummings was a writer, military personnel and historian.
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