Vance Thompson, a well known journalist, author and playwright, was
born on April 17, 1863. He graduated from Princeton in 1883, and was
subsequently a student of the University of Jena in Germany. He is
well known in metropolitan journalism, having held the position of
dramatic critic for more than one New York newspaper, and he has also
contributed liberally to leading magazines and daily publications in
general. He is also known as a musical critic. Mr. Thompson founded
a fortnightly publication entitled Madamoiselle New York, which was
characteristic of both him and his, and is the author of several plays,
pantomimes and books. In 1890 he married Lillian Spencer, of New York.