Walter Hines Page
Politician, Author
1855 – 1918
Who was Walter Hines Page?
Walter Hines Page was an American journalist, publisher, and diplomat. He was the United States ambassador to the United Kingdom during World War I.
He founded the State Chronicle newspaper in Raleigh, North Carolina, and worked with other leaders to gain legislative approval for what is now known as North Carolina State University, established as a land-grant college in 1885. He worked on several newspapers, including the New York World and Evening Post. He was the editor of The Atlantic Monthly for several years and also literary adviser to Houghton Mifflin. For more than a decade beginning in 1900, he was a partner of Doubleday, Page & Company, a major book publisher in New York City.
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- Born
- Aug 15, 1855
Cary - Siblings
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Duke University
- Died
- Dec 21, 1918
Pinehurst
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on July 23, 2013
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