About William Bayard Hale
Lived 1869 – 1924 (aged 54–55). William Bayard Hale was an American journalist and writer.
William Bayard Hale (1869 – April 10, 1924) was an American journalist. He wrote the 1912 campaign biography of Woodrow Wilson. Later, after souring on Wilson, he wrote a derisive critique of Wilson's literary style.
He is described in Barbara Tuchman's The Zimmerman Telegram as a German propaganda agent.
According to the Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia (6th edition, 2012),
He died in Munich on April 10, 1924.
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American journalist (1869–1924)
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William Bayard Hale died in 1924 in Munich.
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