Franklin Pierce Adams

In 1904, he married his first wife, Minna Schwartze. He later married Esther Sayles Root in 1925.

He died on March 23, 1960, New York City, United States

A two volume book titled, 'The Diary of Our Own Samuel Pepys' was published by Simon and Schuster. The book was a collection of his newspaper columns.

He was born as Franklin Leopold Adams in Chicago, Illinois, USA to Moses and Clara Schlossberg Adams. His middle name was changed to ‘Pierce’ at the age of 13, after a Jewish confirmation ceremony.

In 1899, he graduated from the Armour Scientific Academy and later enrolled at the University of Michigan, which he attended for a year. He also worked in the insurance industry for three years.

In 1903, he began his career in the field of journalism with 'Chicago Journal ', for which he authored sports columns and a humour column titled, ‘A Little about Everything'.

In 1904, he began to work with the 'New York Evening Mail'. There he had his own column titled, ‘Always in Good Humor’, which also took in contributions from its readers.

In 1910, he wrote 'Baseball's Sad Lexicon', a poem on baseball, written from the viewpoint of a New York Giants fan for the 'New York Evening Mail'. This is regarded as one of best known works.

In 1911, he came out with another column for the ‘New York Evening Mail'. The column was a parody of English politician Samuel Pepys's Diary and had notes that were taken from Pierce’s personal experiences.

In 1913, he quit his job at the ‘New York Evening Mail'. The following year, he worked with the ‘New-York Tribune’, where he authored the famous column titled, ‘The Conning Tower’.

Popularly known as F.P. A., he was the quick witted American columnist known for his column, The Conning Tower in New York Tribune.