Cheney, Margaret, 1921-2010
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Name (Latin)
Cheney, Margaret, 1921-2010
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Cheney, Margaret
Date of birth
1921
Date of death
2010
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female
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- Margaret Ruth "Meg" Swisher Cheney ; (Margaret Cheney was the author of several books, including, "Tesla: Man Out Of Time", for which she received the first International Tesla Award. She was a member of the executive board of the Tesla Memorial Society. She also wrote "Why?:The Serial Killer In America", and "The Co-ed Killer", and "Tesla-Master Of Lightning". Cremains with her sisters and mother, Josie Swisher. Husband was Michael Cheney. They had one daughter, Victoria. Margaret appeared in the PBS documentary "Tesla, Master of Lightning" to accompany her book of the same name. It can be seen on Youtube, or the DVD version is available online. Margaret was employed in Saudi Arabia by the Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) for approximately eight years beginning in about 1948. She later lived in England for a short time. In the 1960s, at the height of campus unrest, she was employed in the Public Affairs Office at the University of California at Berkeley ( (Find a grave, viewed April 28, 2021:) )
- Margaret Cheney is a biographer of unusual versatility. In addition to her two major studies of Tesla (most recently Tesla: Master of Lightning, with Robert Uth), she has written Midnight at Mabel's, a biography of the great cabaret singer and song stylist Mabel Mercer. Cheney is also the author of Meanwhile Farm and Why: The Serial Killer in America. She lives in California ( (Simon and Schuster. About the author: Margaret Cheney. Viewed April 28, 2021:) )
- Tesla : master of lightning, 2001 :t.p. (Margaret Cheney) ; back cover flap (Margaret Cheney is the author of three previous books, including the classic biography Tesla: Man Out of Time, for which she received the first International Tesla Award. A former Associated Press editor, she is currently a member of the executive board of the Tesla Memorial Society. She resides in California)
- Margaret Cheney. Author and biographer whose works include Tesla: Man Out Of Time (1981) and Tesla, Master Of Lightning (coauthor, 1999 ( (Tesla Memorial Society. Executive Board. Viewed April 28, 2021:) )
- Cheney, Margaret ; Cheney, Margaret, 1921- ; Cheney, Margaret, 1921-2010 ( (Virtual International Authority File VIAF, viewed April 28, 2021:) )
- The Author's Tesla, 2001.