Name Nixon Smiley | ||
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Nixon Smiley (August 17, 1911 – 1990) was a reporter, columnist, and feature writer for the Miami Herald as well as an author of numerous books.
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Smiley was born in Orange Park, Florida and was raised by his maternal grandparent after losing both parents by the age of 7.
His career in newspapers began at the Florida Times Union in Jacksonville. He was in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. Upon his return he began a 30 plus year career at the Herald and authorship of 15 books.
He worked at the Herald from 1940 until 1973. The Nixon Smiley Research Papers (1940s-1972) are held at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida.
His wife Evelyn was an artist, and Smiley was a devoted gardener who volunteered at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, where a Nixon Smiley collection recording his records as Interim Director from 1953 to 1961 (4,000 pages) is kept as well as papers covering his field trips. There is a Nixon Smiley Pineland Preserve.
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