Edward R Snow

Born in Winthrop, Massachusetts, Snow attended Harvard College, where he wrote his first book as a thesis under historian Samuel Eliot Morison. He became the most beloved maritime historian and New England storyteller of the 20th century and also served for years as the "Lighthouse Santa," delivering (by plane and helicopter) holiday gifts to lighthouse keepers and their families.

Born in Winthrop, Massachusetts, Snow attended Harvard College, where he wrote his first book as a thesis under historian Samuel Eliot Morison. He became the most beloved maritime historian and New England storyteller of the 20th century and also served for years as the "Lighthouse Santa," delivering (by plane and helicopter) holiday gifts to lighthouse keepers and their families. See less