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the New Yorker the New Yorker
NEW YORKER, THE NEW YORKER, THE. Harold Ross (1892–1951) founded The New Yorker as a weekly magazine in New York City in 1925. Ross had quit high school to become a reporter, and during World War I he edited the Stars and Stripes, a military newspaper. The New Yorker was his attempt to... Read more
Harold Wallace Ross Harold Wallace Ross
Harold Wallace Ross 1892-1951, American editor, b. Aspen, Colo. He founded The New Yorker magazine in 1925 and was its influential managing editor until his death. Ross quit school at the age of 14 to work at the Salt Lake City Tribune. During World War I he edited Stars and Stripes in... Read more
Wolcott Gibbs Wolcott Gibbs
Gibbs, [Oliver] Wolcott (1902–58), critic. A descendant of Oliver Wolcott, signer of the Declaration of Independence, he was born in New York and attended the Hill School but not college. He held such odd jobs as architect's apprentice and railroad conductor before joining The New Yorker, for... Read more
Giselle Potter Giselle Potter
Potter, GisellePersonalDaughter of puppeteers; married; husband's name Kier (a furniture maker); children: Pia, Isabel. Education: Studied at Rhode Island School of Design.AddressesHome and office—Kingston, NY.CareerIllustrator for books and magazines, including New Yorker, New York Times, and Land... Read more
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ALGONQUIN ROUND TABLE ALGONQUIN ROUND TABLE was a group of journalists, playwrights, actors, and writers who gathered daily at a special table in the Rose Room at the Algonquin Hotel on West Forty-fourth Street in New York City from 1919 to about 1929. Their witticisms and jokes appeared in... Read more
Dorothy (Rothschild) Parker Dorothy (Rothschild) Parker
Dorothy Rothschild Parker Dorothy Rothschild Parker (1893-1967), American humorist, was known for her biting prose and verse satires. Numerous critics expressed admiration for her unique talent. Born in New Jersey to Scottish-Jewish parents, Dorothy Parker attended Miss Dana's School there... Read more
Morris Rosenfeld Morris Rosenfeld
Morris Rosenfeld , 1862-1923, Jewish poet, b. Russian Poland. His name was originally Moshe Jacob Alter. He worked as a tailor in London and as a diamond grinder in Amsterdam before emigrating to the United States in 1886. He settled in New York City, working 14 hours a day as a tailor while he... Read more
Dixon Ryan Fox Dixon Ryan Fox
Dixon Ryan Fox 1887-1945, American historian and educator, b. Potsdam, N.Y. He taught at Columbia from 1912 to 1934, becoming full professor in 1927. From 1934 until his death he was president of Union College and chancellor of Union Univ. His writings include The Decline of Aristocracy in the... Read more
Tina Brown Tina Brown
Tina Brown Jumping onto journalism's fast track in 1974, British-born Tina Brown (Christina Hambly Brown, born 1953) transformed the English magazine Tatler, then the U.S. magazines Vanity Fair and the New Yorker, using controversial topics and challenging images. Her editorial rabbit punches... Read more
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Niblo's Garden (New York). In 1828 William Niblo (1790?–1878), an entrepreneur who had made his money as a caterer and running a stagecoach line between Boston and New York, built the small Sans Souci Theatre on the grounds of the Columbia Garden at Broadway and Prince Street. Offering... Read more

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