George Horace Lorimer
Businessperson, Author
1867 – 1937
Who was George Horace Lorimer?
George Horace Lorimer was an American journalist and author. He is best known as the editor of The Saturday Evening Post. During his editorial reign, the Post rose from a circulation of several thousand to over a million. He is credited with promoting or discovering a large number of American writers, e.g. Jack London.
Lorimer was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of the Rev. George C. Lorimer and Belle Burford Lorimer. He attended Moseley High School in Chicago, Colby College, and Yale University. In 1899 he became editor-in-chief of The Saturday Evening Post, and remained in charge until the last day of 1936, about a year before his death from throat cancer. He served also as vice president, president, and chairman of Curtis Publishing Company, which published the Post.
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- Born
- Oct 6, 1867
Louisville - Parents
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Yale University
- Colby College
- Lived in
- Pennsylvania
- Died
- Oct 22, 1937
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on July 23, 2013
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