Wise,+James+Waterman

Biographical Information:
Dates: 1902-1983 Dates in Ridgefield: 1950s nonfiction, history, journalism journalist, art dealer, lecturer James Waterman Wise was an author, art dealer and lecturer who lived on Pumping Station Road in the 1950s. Born in 1902, he was a son of Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, the famous reformer who fought sweatshops and unsafe factories, and who was a co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. A graduate of Columbia University, Mr. Wise covered the Spanish Civil War for //The New York Times// and wrote nearly a dozen books, including //Swastika: The Nazi Terror;// //Thomas Jefferson: Then and Now 1743-1943//; and //The Springfield Plan//. Blacklisted harmonica virtuoso Larry Adler lived for a while with Mr. Wise at his Ridgefield home. Many other leaders in the arts and letters spent weekends there, including Broadway composer Harold Rome. Waterman died in Nice, France, in 1983 at the age of 81. ** Titles (partial): ** //Swastika: The Nazi Terror //, 1933 //The Springfield Plan, //1945  //The Jew in American Life, //1946  //Meet Henry Wallace //, 1948  //From Bigotry to Brotherhood: A Tolerance Reader //, 1952 <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: justify;">--Source: Notable Ridgefielders-Jack Sanders