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 self-link
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 Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
residence Wyncote, Pennsylvania
spouse Rachel Blyth Lorimer
workLocation New York City
Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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