This Day in History: 1889-10-09

Gobind Beheri Lal   A US based science writer originally from India,  Lal was born on this day in 1889.  Among people he interviewed were  Albert Einstein, Mohandas K. Gandhi, H. L. Mencken, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Enrico Fermi and Max Planck.  Lal shared the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Reporting with John J. O’Neill, William L. Laurence, Howard W. Blakeslee and David Dietz. The group won the award for their coverage of science at the tercentenary of the Harvard University. He said his goal was to create a love of science among readers.