Alfred Harcourt (/ˈhɑːrkɔːrt/; January 31, 1881 – June 20, 1954) was an American publisher and compiler who co-founded Harcourt, Brace & Howe in 1919.[1]
Alfred Harcourt, The Class of 1904, Columbia College.
Harcourt retired from his business due to poor health in 1942 and died in 1954 in Santa Barbara, California.[4] He remained director of Harcourt Brace until his death.[12]
Harcourt's second wife, Ellen Knowles, founded the Alfred Harcourt Foundation in 1962. She died in 1984.[13]
References
^American Authors and Books: 1640 to Present Day Third Revised Edition, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York. (Original Editors W. J. Burke and Will D. Howe)
^Alfred Harcourt, 73, A Former Publisher, New York Times Obit, June 21, 1954.
^In a Valley Fair: A History of the State University College of Education at New Paltz, by Elizabeth Lang and Robert Lang, New York, 1960.
^ ab. Archived from the original on 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
^Death of Harcourt Recalls Lewis and His 'Main Street' by Harry Hansen, Chicago Tribune, July 11, 1954.
^American Literature in Transition, 1920–1930, edited by Ichiro Takayoshi.
^The Letters of T. S. Eliot Volume 6: 1932–1933, By T. S. Eliot.
^Alfred Harcourt, 73 Dies; Founded Publishing House, New York Herald Tribune, June 22, 1954.
^The History of Harcourt Brace and Company: 75 Years of Publishing Excellence, by Harcourt, Inc., Orlando, FL, 1994.
^Ellen Knowles Harcourt, 94; Book Editor, Philanthropist, New York Times Obituary, January 7, 1984.
External links
Alfred Harcourt at Library of Congress Authorities, with 2 catalog records (120-page memoir, apparently, and Letters of Sinclair Lewis that includes their correspondence)
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