Ben Robertson (journalist)
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Benjamin Franklin Robertson Jr. (June 22, 1903 – February 22, 1943) was an American writer, journalist and World War II war correspondent. He is best known for his renowned Southern memoir Red Hills and Cotton: An Upcountry Memory, first published in 1942 and still in print. A native of Clemson, South Carolina, a horticulture graduate of Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina, class of 1923, and writer for The Tiger, the college student newspaper. He was an honorary member of Gamma Alpha Mu local writers fraternity. He died in 1943 in a plane crash in Portugal. The SS Ben Robertson, launched in Savannah, Georgia, in 1944, was named for him.[1][2]
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Born | (1903-06-22)22 June 1903 Calhoun, now Clemson, South Carolina, US |
Died | 22 February 1943(1943-02-22) (aged 39) |
Resting place | West View Cemetery, also known as Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, South Carolina |
Alma mater | Clemson University, 1923, horticulture |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, author, war correspondent |
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