John Henry Hepp IV

John Henry Hepp IV, is Professor Emeritus of History at Wilkes University and was born and raised in greater Philadelphia. His teaching and research interests center on the effects of technological and economic change on everyday urban life. He has been interested in the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition since childhood, when his grandparents would tell him stories of the fair when they drove through Fairmount Park. "The Middle-Class City: Transforming Space and Time in Philadelphia, 1876-1926" (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003) and "Mystery and Marvel: Philadelphia’s 1876 Centennial Exposition"
(Brookline Books, 2024).