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Tage Fritiof Erlander
Tage Fritiof Erlander , 1901-85, Swedish socialist leader, prime minister of Sweden (1946-69). On the editorial staff of the encyclopedia Svensk Upplagsbok from 1929 to 1938, he was first elected to the Riksdag in 1933. He held several ministerial positions before 1946 and became a leading expert... Read more |
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Richard Hildreth
Richard Hildreth , 1807-65, American historian, b. Deerfield, Mass. From 1832 to 1838 he was the leading editorial writer for the Boston Daily Atlas. In addition to writing controversial pamphlets and contributing to magazines, Hildreth wrote Banks, Banking, and Paper Currencies (1840); a... Read more |
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Edward Eggleston
Edward Eggleston 1837-1902, American author, Methodist clergyman, b. Vevay, Ind., educated in frontier schools. Before 1870 he was a Bible agent, a farm worker, a circuit rider in Minnesota and Indiana, and a journalist in Chicago. He then joined the editorial staff of the Independent in New... Read more |
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Epes Sargent
Sargent, Epes (1813-1880) Well-known American author, editor, and psychical investigator. He was born on September 27, 1813, in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He graduated from Boston Latin School in 1829 and joined the editorial staff of the Boston Daily Advertiser. He subsequently worked for the... Read more |
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Almanach der Psychoanalyse
ALMANACH DER PSYCHOANALYSE The first Almanach der Psychoanalyse was published in 1926 by Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag in Vienna. The job of publishing the Almanach, a highly effective publicity vehicle, was the first editorial decision made by Adolf Josef Storfer after the departure of... Read more |
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Claude G. Bowers
Claude Gernade Bowers The American journalist, historian, and diplomat Claude Gernade Bowers (1878-1958) wrote partisan but influential works on American political leaders. He had a successful career as an editorial columnist and as an ambassador. Claude Bowers was born in Westfield, Ind.,... Read more |
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Peter Haining
Haining, Peter (1940-) British novelist, writer on occult subjects, and anthologist of horror stories. Born April 2, 1940, in Enfield, Middlesex, England, Haining was educated in Buckhurst Hill, England. He worked as a journalist and magazine writer (1957-63) and successively as editor, senior... Read more |
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Henry Demarest Lloyd
Henry Demarest Lloyd 1847-1903, American reformer, b. New York City. He was on the editorial staff of the Chicago Tribune from 1872 to 1885 but resigned to study social problems. His Wealth against Commonwealth (1894) is an attack on monopolies, based especially on an analysis of the Standard... Read more |
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Yank
Yank (1942–45), weekly magazine written by and published for enlisted men of the army. The most widely circulated service periodical during World War II, its most popular features were cartoons, such as The Sad Sack by George Baker, pinup pictures of girls, letters from soldiers, and... Read more |
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Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd , 1901-66, South African political leader, b. Holland. He was taken as an infant to South Africa when his parents emigrated as missionaries. He graduated from Stellenbosch Univ. and studied further in Germany, where he came into contact with the nascent National Socialist... Read more |
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