Herbert Agar was born on September 29, 1897 in New York, USA. Herbert was a writer, known for Lamp Unto My Feet (1948). Herbert was married to Eleanor Carroll Chilton and Adeline Scott. Herbert died on November 24, 1980 in England, UK.
Editor of the "Louisville Courier-Journal". Won the Pulitzer Prize in
1934 for his book, "The People's Choice". Served in the US Navy during World War II, attaining the rank of lieutenant-co9mmander.
His former wife, Eleanor Chilton (1898-1949), was a novelist, poet and playwright who wrote under the pen name Eleanor Carroll Chilton. She was the daughter of U.S. Sen. William E. Chilton of West Virginia.