DeWitt Wallace
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DeWitt Wallace was an American magazine publisher and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Reader’s Digest.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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magazine publisher ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ |
| awarded | Presidential Medal of Freedom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardedBy | Ronald Reagan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFounded | Reader's Digest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFounderWith | Lila Acheson Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictParticipatedIn | World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfAwardPresidentialMedalOfFreedom | 1986-02-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1889-11-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1981-03-30 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Macalester College
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfPhilanthropy |
education
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journalism ⓘ public television ⓘ the arts ⓘ |
| founded |
DeWitt Wallace Fund
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Lila Wallace–Reader's Digest Fund NERFINISHED ⓘ Reader's Digest Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | William Roy DeWitt Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName |
DeWitt
NERFINISHED
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Roy NERFINISHED ⓘ William ⓘ |
| injuredIn | World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | creating condensed articles format for Reader's Digest ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Army ⓘ |
| notableFor | building one of the world's largest-circulation magazines ⓘ |
| notableWork | Reader's Digest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
editor
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philanthropist ⓘ publisher ⓘ |
| parentOrganizationOfWork | Reader's Digest Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | St. Paul, Minnesota, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Mount Kisco, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | conservative ⓘ |
| positionHeld | editor-in-chief of Reader's Digest ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
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surface form:
Presbyterianism
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| residence | Pleasantville, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Lila Acheson Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported | anti-communist causes ⓘ |
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