Alfred Harcourt
Male, Deceased Person
1881 – 1954
Who was Alfred Harcourt?
Alfred Harcourt was an American Publisher, Compiler and Founder of Harcourt, Brace & Howe in 1919.
Harcourt was born in New Paltz, New York to a fruit farmer and attended the New Paltz Normal School. While at the normal school Harcourt became a member of the Delphic Fraternity. An illness at age 9 lead to his love for books and reading.
Harcourt graduated from Columbia College of Columbia University in 1904 with fellow grad Donald Brace, with whom he founded a publishing company.
He retired from his business due to poor health in 1941 and died in 1954 in Santa Barbara, California.
Harcourt's second wife, Ellen Knowles, founded the Alfred Harcourt Foundation before her death in 1984.
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- Born
- Jan 31, 1881
- Education
- Columbia College of Columbia University in the City of New York
- Died
- Jun 20, 1954
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on July 23, 2013
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