HAMMERSTEIN, OSCAR, II. Broadway’s preemi nent librettist and lyricist, best known today for his successful collaborations with composer Richard Rodgers ; b. New York, New York, ; d. Doylestown, Pennsylvania, .
Oscar Hammerstein II, the son of William Hammerstein , the manager of the Victoria Theater (see Gaiety Theater), grandson of the great theater builder and impresario Oscar Hammerstein I, and nephew of noted producer Arthur Hammerstein...