Quick Facts

• NAME: Upton Sinclair
• OCCUPATION: Activist, Journalist, Author
• BIRTH DATE: September 20, 1878
• DEATH DATE: November 25, 1968
• EDUCATION: College of the City of New York, Columbia University
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Baltimore, Maryland
• PLACE OF DEATH: Bound Brook, New Jersey
• Full Name: Upton Beall Sinclair Jr.

Best Known For

Upton Sinclair was an activist writer whose works often uncovered social injustices, such as in The Jungle and Boston.