The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Galesburg, Illinois. For a similar list organized alphabetically by last name, see the category page People from Galesburg, Illinois. Educators, scientists, writers, and journalists Barry Bearak, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist (lived in Galesburg while attending Knox College) Edward Beecher, theologian and abolitionist; brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe; first president of Illinois College Jonathan Blanchard, abolitionist, social reformer, and educator; President of Knox and founder of Wheaton College Ira Clifton Copley, publisher and statesman, founder of Copley Press John Huston Finley, former editor of the New York Times, professor at Princeton University, president of Knox and City College of New York George Helgesen Fitch, author, humorist, journalist George Washington Gale, founder of Knox Anna Groff Bryant, vocal teacher at Lombard College Robert Hellenga, novelist and George A. Lawrence Distinguished Service Professor of English at Knox George William Hunter, biologist and author of Civic Biology, textbook at heart of famed Scopes Monkey Trial (former professor at Knox) Alexander Kuo, author, poet, essayist Francis T. McAndrew, evolutionary psychologist and essayist; Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology at Knox Emily Arnold McCully, children's book author, winner of 1993 Caldecott Medal Carl Sandburg, writer and editor; winner of three Pulitzer Prizes, two for poetry and one for biography of Abraham Lincoln; born in Galesburg Ellen Browning Scripps, journalist and philanthropist, founder of Scripps Institution of Oceanography Robert Seibert, Robert W. Murphy Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Knox and coauthor of Politics and Change in the Middle East Chad Simpson, short and flash fiction author Marilyn Salzman Webb, activist, author, and journalist Mary Allen West, journalist, editor, educator, superintendent of schools, and temperance worker Douglas L. Wilson, author, co-director of Lincoln Studies Center; George A. Lawrence Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of English at Knox Richard L. Wilson, newspaperman, recipient of 1954 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting; born in Galesburg in 1905 Quincy Wright, political scientist Sewall Wright, evolutionary biologist, a founder of modern population genetics Theodore Paul Wright, aeronautical engineer; served as acting president of Cornell University Business innovators and inventors Earnest Elmo Calkins, advertising executive, founder of first modern advertising agency George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., inventor of the Ferris wheel Whitcomb L. Judson, inventor of the zipper Charles Rudolph Walgreen, founder of Walgreens People in the arts Frank Shaver Allen, architect of Streator and Joliet, later of California, born in Galesburg