Ben Robertson (journalist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetBen Robertson (journalist)
American writer
Date of Birth: 22-Jun-1903
Place of Birth: Clemson, South Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 22-Feb-1943
Profession: journalist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Ben Robertson (journalist)
- Benjamin Franklin Robertson Jr., better known as Ben Robertson (1903–1943), was an American author, journalist and World War II war correspondent.
- He is best known for his renowned Southern memoir Red Hills and Cotton: An Upcountry Memory, first published in 1942 and still in print.
- A native of Clemson, South Carolina, a horticulture graduate of Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina, class of 1923, and writer for The Tiger, the college student newspaper.
- He was an honorary member of Gamma Alpha Mu local writers fraternity.
- He died in 1943 in a plane crash in Portugal.
- The SS Ben Robertson, launched in Savannah, Georgia in 1944, was named for him.
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