Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, Jr.

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Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, Jr.

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Birthplace: New York, New York County, New York, United States
Death: September 25, 1950 (40)
Woodstock, Ulster County, New York, United States (suicide )
Place of Burial: New York, Bronx County, New York, United States
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Son of Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, Nobel laureate and Kathleen O'Neill
Half brother of Shane Rudraighe O'Neill and Oona Chaplin

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About Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, Jr.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill_Jr%2E

Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, Jr. (May 5, 1910-September 25, 1950) was an American professor of Greek literature.

O'Neill was son of Nobel Prize-winning playwright Eugene O'Neill and the elder O'Neill's first wife, Kathleen Jenkins. The couple divorced in 1912. O'Neill once said he did not even meet his father until age 12. O'Neill graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Yale University in 1932, where he was a member of Skull and Bones. He earned a PhD in philosophy in 1936. He taught at Yale, Sarah Lawrence College, and the New School for Social Research. He committed suicide at age 40 by slitting his left wrist and ankle.

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Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, Jr.'s Timeline

1910
May 5, 1910
New York, New York County, New York, United States
1950
September 25, 1950
Age 40
Woodstock, Ulster County, New York, United States
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Woodlawn Cemetery, New York, Bronx County, New York, United States