John Joseph Mathews, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJohn Joseph Mathews
American writer
Date of Birth: 16-Nov-1894
Place of Birth: Pawhuska, Oklahoma, United States
Date of Death: 16-Jun-1979
Profession: novelist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About John Joseph Mathews
- John Joseph Mathews (November 16, 1894 – June 16, 1979) became one of the Osage Nation's most important spokespeople and writers, and served on the Osage Tribal Council during the 1930s.
- He studied at the University of Oklahoma, Oxford University and the University of Geneva after serving as a flight instructor during World War I. Mathews' first book was a history, Wah'kon-tah: The Osage and The White Man's Road (1929), which was selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club as their first by an academic press; it became a bestseller.
- His book The Osages: Children of the Middle Waters (1961) was a life work, preserving many collected stories and the oral history of the Osage.
- He also wrote a biography of E.
- W.
- Marland, noted oilman and governor of Oklahoma in the 1930s.
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