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John Francis Kieran was born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an American author, journalist, naturalist and radio and TV personality. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Fordham University. He began his newspaper career in 1915 as a sportswriter for The New York Times. John F. Kieran, a sports columnist for The New York Times from 1927 to 1943 and a regular panelist on the popular radio and television programs ''Information Please.'' He started his career as a sportswriter on The New York Times but came to be considered a walking encyclopedia, an ornithologist and naturalist, a popular radio personality, a classical scholar and a philosopher. He wrote several books include: The Story of the Olympic Games, Footnotes on nature, An Introduction to Wild Flowers, and A natural history of New York City.