John Sanborn Phillips (1861–1949) attended Knox College in Illinois, where he worked on the student newspaper and met S. S. McClure.

After earning an associate's degree, he entered Harvard College as a junior, and graduated in 1885, magna cum laude.

[1] Edgar's mother was Sarah Evertson, a member of a prominent Dutch American family from New York City.

John Sanborn Phillips died at his home in Goshen, New York on February 28, 1949.

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