Lawton Mackall (1888 - 1968)

Alexander Lawton Mackall (Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 23, 1888 — West New Brighton, Staten Island, New York, 1968) was an author, journalist and gastronomy expert and critic. He was the editor of several New York magazines and the author of the renowned restaurant guide Knife and Fork in New York (1948), a precursor of the Zagat's Survey.