Cyrus H. K. Curtis

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Cyrus H. K. Curtis was an influential American publisher and philanthropist best known for building a magazine empire that included titles like The Saturday Evening Post and Ladies' Home Journal.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
media proprietor
philanthropist
publisher
associatedWith Curtis Institute of Music
birthDate 1850-06-18
birthPlace Portland, Maine, United States
burialPlace Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia
surface form: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
businessModel mass-circulation magazines supported by advertising revenue
child Mary Louise Curtis Bok
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1933-06-07
deathPlace Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
donatedTo music institutions in Philadelphia
era Gilded Age
Progressive Era
founded Curtis Publishing Company
fullName Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis
gender male
givenName Darius
surface form: Cyrus
hasNotableRelative Mary Louise Curtis Bok
industry magazine publishing
newspaper publishing
inspiredCreationOf Curtis Institute of Music
knownFor developing Ladies' Home Journal into a mass-circulation women's magazine
transforming The Saturday Evening Post into a leading American magazine
language English
nationality American
notableAchievement building one of the largest magazine circulations in the United States in the early 20th century
pioneering large-scale national magazine advertising
notableFor building a major American magazine publishing empire
occupation businessperson
philanthropist
publisher
owned Curtis Publishing Company
parentOf Mary Louise Curtis Bok
philanthropyFocus civic causes in Philadelphia
music education
publisherOf Ladies’ Home Journal
surface form: Ladies' Home Journal

The Country Gentleman
The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Saturday Evening Post
religion Unitarianism
residence Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
spouse Kate Starr Kellogg Curtis
Louise Knapp Curtis

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American Cancer Society foundedBy Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Curtis Institute of Music namedAfter Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Mary Louise Curtis Bok father Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Curtis Publishing Company foundedBy Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Curtis Publishing Company founder Cyrus H. K. Curtis