Ernest Heyn

Ernest Heyn was an author and editor of popular-science books and the founding editor of "Modern Screen" and "Sport" magazines. Mr. Heyn edited "Popular Science" from 1964 to 1971. He was author of "A Century of Wonders: One Hundred Years of Popular Science" (Doubleday, 1972), a history of the magazine. His first play, DAY IN THE SUN, debuted on Broadway in 1939. Mr. Heyn was born in Manhattan and graduated from Princeton in 1925. He did postgraduate work at the University of Berlin.