- Lutheran minister and author whose moralistic novels, while somewhat preachy by today's standards, were highly popular in the 1930s, as were several films adapted from them ("Magnificent Obsession," "White Banners"). Best known as the author of "The Robe.".
- "The Robe" sold 2,000,000 copies in the US and 6,000,000 worldwide.
- Survived by his daughters, Mrs. J. Weldon Wilson of Las Vegas and Mrs. Howard L. Dawson of Montreal.
- Parents: Rev. Alexander Jackson Douglas and Sarah Jane Cassel Douglas.
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