Maury Henry Biddle Paul (April 14, 1890 – July 17, 1942) was an American journalist who became famous as a
society columnist for the
New York American (which became the
New York Journal-American when it merged with the
New York Evening Journal). Writing under the pseudonym "
Cholly Knickerbocker", he coined the term "Café Society". The name "Cholly Knickerbocker" was owned by the Hearst Newspaper Syndicate, and Paul was the first, writing under the
nomme de plume from 1917 until his death in 1942.