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Maury Henry Biddle Paul (April 14, 1890 – July 17, 1942) was an American
journalist who became famous as a society columnist for the New York
American (which became the New York Journal-American when it merged
with the New York Evening Journal). Writing under the pseudonym "Cholly
Knickerbocker", he coined the term "Café Society".[1]
The name "Cholly Knickerbocker" was owned by the Hearst Newspaper Syndicate,
and Paul was the first, writing under the nomme de plume from 1917 until his death in 1942.
Paul was born in Philadelphia to William Henry Paul and the former Eleanor
Virginia Biddle, who were members of the Social Register. He was a member of
the Sons of the Revolution and the Society of the War of 1812. He attended the
Episcopal Academy and later graduated from the
University of Pennsylvania. In 1914, he began his career as a newspaperman
at the
Philadelphia Times. His apprenticeship was brief, and he was soon
hired by the
New York Press as society editor. In 1917, he moved to Hearst's New
York American, where he took over the "Cholly Knickerbocker" gossip column
that focused on members of
high society.[2]
In addition to coining the phrase "Cafe Society" to describe the people who
frequented tony night clubs and expensive restaurants, he also invested the
expression "The Old Guard" (the "Four
Hundred") for the venerable New York families.[3]
Paul focused on the very well-born and extremely rich. In addition to his
daily column, each week he wrote three features for the Sunday edition of the
American. The column and features were carried by the over 60
newspapers of the Hearst syndicate.
On July 17, 1942, Paul died of an illness caused by a heart condition at
his New York City home. He was 52 years old. He was succeeded as Cholly
Knickerbocker by
Igor
Cassini.[3]
His funeral was held on July 20 at
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in
Manhattan.
His remains were later shipped to Florida and interred at the
Caballero Rivero Woodlawn Park North Cemetery and Mausoleum in
Miami where
Paul owned a summer home.[4]
His biography, Champagne Cholly, was written by his secretary, Eve
Brown.[5]
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