Joseph Shallit was an American mystery novelist and science fiction author.
10 Facts About Joseph Shallit
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Joseph Shallit was the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants from Vitebsk in present-day Belarus.
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Joseph Shallit was born in Philadelphia under the name Joseph Shaltz.
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Joseph Shallit was instrumental in getting the regulation against photography in Independence Hall changed when he was arrested for taking a photo of the Liberty Bell in 1942.
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Joseph Shallit was a reporter at the time for The Philadelphia Record.
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Joseph Shallit served in the Army Signal Corps in the Philippines during World War II.
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Joseph Shallit wrote a number of short stories for science fiction magazines, including "Education of a Martian", in the August 1952 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction.
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Joseph Shallit later worked for Pennsylvania Railroad, later Conrail, editing an employee magazine that they published.
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Joseph Shallit retired in 1980, and died of Alzheimer's disease on June 13,1995.
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Joseph Shallit was married to Louise Lee Outlaw Shallit, an author, and was survived by two sons, Jonathan Shallit, a music professor and Jeffrey Shallit, a computer scientist.