Ruth Fox Hume

Ruth Fox Hume was born in New York City and attended the College of New Rochelle. She attended medical school briefly, where she discovered that she was more interested in the history of medicine than in its practice. The result was Great Men of Medicine (Random House, 1947, revised 1961) and Milestones of Medicine (Random House, 1950). While she pursued her writing career, she taught at Holy Cross Academy and Catholic University. Some recent books include Our Lady Came to Fatima (Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy, 1957), Saint Margaret Mary (Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy, 1958), Florence Nightingale (Random House, 1959), and Great Women of Medicine (Random House, 1964). Mrs. Hume presently teaches high-school English.

Ruth collaborated with her husband Paul on THE LION OF POLAND, a biography of Paderewski, which was one of the first Credo Books. They live in Washington, D.C., with their six children.