Justus Miles Forman

Justus Miles Forman

Justus Miles Forman
Born (1875-11-01)November 1, 1875
Le Roy, New York
Died May 7, 1915(1915-05-07) (aged 39)
RMS Lusitania, Atlantic Ocean

Justus Miles Forman (November 1, 1875 May 7, 1915) was an American novelist and playwright.

Biography

Forman was born on November 1, 1875 in Le Roy, New York.[1] He attended Yale University.

His only play, The Hyphen, appeared in 1915 but did not receive the success Forman expected. The Hyphen was a topical drama about "German-Americans" and "Irish-Americans" whose patriotism and fidelity to the United States is questioned due to events in Europe during World War I. Forman hoped that the drama would do better business in a production in London and decided to book a first-class passage aboard the RMS Lusitania. Days before he was to board the liner, however, he received a mysterious phone call from a man with a thick German accent who warned him not to board the Lusitania. Forman ignored the phone call and embarked on the Lusitania on May 1, 1915.[2] The Lusitania was torpedoed on May 7, 1915, and Forman was among the 1,198 passengers who perished in the sinking. His body was never recovered.

Works

References

  1. "Forman, Justus Miles". The New Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia 14. New York: Unicorn Publishers, Inc. 1949. p. 5112.
  2. "Justus Miles Forman". The Lusitania Resource. Retrieved 18 January 2014.

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