Léon, Thomas Cooper de

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Lecturer, journalist, writer and American playwright, brother of Edwin de Leon, born in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1839. He served in the Confederate army from 1861 to 1865, then, after the war, directed the « Mobile Register » in 1877 and the Mobile newspapers « The Gossip » and « Gulf Citizen » from 1873. He is the author of several works, including « Creole and Puritan » (1889) and « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » (1893).

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LÉON, THOMAS COOPER DE

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Professeur, journaliste, auteur et auteur dramatique ; frère d'Edwin de Leon ; né à Columbia, S. C., 1839. Il a servi dans l'armée confédérée de 1861 à 1865, et après la Guerre de sécession a dirigé « The Mobile Register » (1877), et « The Gossip » et « Gulf Citizen » (tous deux journaux de Mobile ; 1873-96). Il est l'auteur de nombreux ouvrages, parmi lesquels « Creole and Puritan » (1889), « The Puritan's Daughter », et « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » (1893).

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