John Bertram Oakes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJohn Bertram Oakes
American journalist
Date of Birth: 23-Apr-1913
Place of Birth: Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 05-Apr-2001
Profession: journalist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About John Bertram Oakes
- John Bertram Oakes (April 23, 1913 – April 5, 2001) was an iconoclastic and influential U.S.
- journalist known for his early commitment to the environment, civil rights, and opposition to the Vietnam War.
- He was born in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, the second son of George Washington Ochs Oakes and Bertie Gans.
- He is regarded as the creator of the modern op-ed page and was editor of the New York Times editorial page from 1961 to 1976. His uncle was New York Times publisher Adolph Ochs.
- Oakes attended Princeton University (A.B., 1934), where he was valedictorian of his class and graduated magna cum laude.
- He then became a Rhodes Scholar (A.B., A.M., Queens College, Oxford, 1936).
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