John Brisben Walker

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John Brisben Walker was an American magazine publisher and entrepreneur best known for transforming Cosmopolitan into a leading national publication in the late 19th century.

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instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
human ⓘ
magazine publisher ⓘ
burialPlace Mount Olivet Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, United States ⓘ
businessRegion Colorado ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
child Francis Walker ⓘ
John Walker Jr. ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1847-09-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1931-07-07 ⓘ
developed amphitheater precursor at Red Rocks, Colorado ⓘ
land on and around Mount Morrison, Colorado ⓘ
educatedAt Georgetown College ⓘ
United States Military Academy ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
founded Fort Collins Agricultural Colony (as a promoter/investor) ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre general-interest magazines ⓘ
industry agriculture ⓘ
publishing ⓘ
real estate development ⓘ
knownFor transforming Cosmopolitan into a leading national publication ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
militaryBranch Union Army ⓘ
notableAchievement expanded Cosmopolitan’s circulation nationally ⓘ
introduced investigative and literary content to Cosmopolitan ⓘ
notableProject early development of Red Rocks area near Denver ⓘ
promotion of Colorado as a tourist destination ⓘ
notableWork Cosmopolitan ⓘ
occupation entrepreneur ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
owned Cosmopolitan ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Brooklyn, New York, United States ⓘ
positionHeld editor of Cosmopolitan ⓘ
owner of Cosmopolitan ⓘ
publisherOf Cosmopolitan ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Denver, Colorado, United States ⓘ
Morrison, Colorado, United States ⓘ
linked to: Morrison, Colorado
sold Cosmopolitan to William Randolph Hearst ⓘ
spouse Lena Walker ⓘ

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Cosmopolitan → foundedBy → John Brisben Walker ⓘ
subject linked to: Cosmopolitan magazine