Herbert Bayard Swope (Horse racing. Born, St. Louis, MO, Jan. 5, 1882; died, New York, NY, June 20, 1958.) Perhaps the most famous New York newspaperman of his time, Herbert Bayard Swope was a horse racing buff. Swope was executive editor of The World, created the first “op-ed” page, won the first Pulitzer Prize for reporting […]
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