George Horace Lorimer

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George Horace Lorimer was an influential American editor and author best known for transforming The Saturday Evening Post into a hugely popular and nationally significant magazine in the early 20th century.

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instanceOf author
editor
human
associatedWith American middle-class culture
Norman Rockwell
burialPlace Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia
child Graeme Lorimer
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1867-10-06
dateOfDeath 1937-10-22
educatedAt Yale University
employer The Saturday Evening Post
era early 20th century
familyName Lorimer
fieldOfWork journalism
literature
publishing
gender male
genre business literature
fiction
givenName George
hasPublication Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
Old Gorgon Graham: More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
The False Gods
influenced development of American mass-market magazines
knownFor publishing works by prominent American writers
transforming The Saturday Evening Post into a mass-circulation magazine
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Curtis Publishing Company
middleName Horace
name George Horace Lorimer
notableAchievement increased circulation of The Saturday Evening Post to millions of readers
notableRole mentor to emerging American authors
notableWork Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son
Old Gorgon Graham
occupation magazine editor
writer
placeOfBirth Louisville, Kentucky
placeOfDeath Wyncote, Pennsylvania
positionHeld editor-in-chief of The Saturday Evening Post
president of Curtis Publishing Company
publisherOf The Saturday Evening Post
religion Presbyterianism
linked to: Presbyterian
residence Wyncote, Pennsylvania
spouse Rachel Blyth Lorimer
workLocation New York City
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
linked to: Philadelphia

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The Saturday Evening Post hasEditor George Horace Lorimer
George Horace Lorimer name George Horace Lorimer
Curtis Publishing Company notableEditor George Horace Lorimer