Draft:Samuel Bernard Person

Bernard Person (19 June 1894–9 March 1981) was a Dutch-born journalist who delivnt. He was editor-in-chief of several newspapers, founded Facts on File, and was a United Nations correspondent.

Early life and education
Person was born Samuel Bär Person in Amsterdam to parents Helena (Lena) Aronowitz (b. 27 October 1858 in Palanga, Lithuania) and Elias Schmoeiloff Person (b. 15 October 1845 in Romny, Ukraine).

His family was Jewish. He was the youngest of seven children; the first six were born in Ukraine, and he was the only child born after his family had moved to the Netherlands.

Person was fluent in Dutch, German, French, Russian, Yiddish, and English.

Personal life
In 1925, Person married Rosa Citroen (whose older sister Lena Citroen was the wife of Erwin Blumenfeld and whose cousins included German-born Barbara Ledermann and Dutch painter Paul Citroen; the family was distantly related to the automobile family Citroën).

Bernard and Rosa had two children, Alexander Dunbar (1927–2013) and Elka Myra (married name Fink; 1928–2022), both born in the Netherlands. Person had five grandchildren, all born in the United States.

Mr. Person brought his family to the United States in 1939. They sailed on the Veendam and arrived at Ellis Island on 9 March 1939. The family settled in Great Neck, NY.

Career
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Soon after arriving in New York, he became the first editor-in-chief of the Knickerbocker Weekly before leaving the post due to perceived interference from business managers. In 1940, ns. At the time he was a member of the Netherlands Information Bureau in New York.

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Death
Person died exactly 42 years from the day the family arrived in the United States. He died in Albuquerque, NM at age 86. He was buried next to his wife in Westchester County, New York.