Jacob Riis : 
Danish-American Social Reformer, "muckraking" Journalist, Social Documentary Photographer, and Contributor to Urban Reform in America at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
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May 3, 1849 -- May 26, 1914

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A Danish-American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer. He contributed significantly to the cause of urban reform in America at the turn of the twentieth century. He is known for using his photographic and journalistic talents to help the impoverished in New York City; those impoverished New Yorkers were the subject of most of his prolific writings and photography.

     From : Wikipedia.org

Works :
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Author of The Jews of New York (November 30, 1895)

Author of 14 (January 01, 1970)

Author of 22 (January 01, 1970)

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     Jacob Riis's Birth Day : May 03, 1849

     Jacob Riis's Death Day : May 26, 1914

     Jacob Riis's Added : March 24, 2020

     Jacob Riis's Updated : January 08, 2023

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     Wikipedia: Jacob Riis --
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Riis

     Britannica.com: Jacob Riis --
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jacob-Riis

     NPR.org: Jacob Riis --
https://www.npr.org/2008/06/30/91981589/jacob-riis-shedding-light-on-nycs-other-half

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