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Henry Robinson Luce (April 3, 1898 – February 28, 1967) was an American magazine magnate who founded Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated magazines. He has been called "the most influential private citizen in the America of his day".
Henry Luce (born April 3, 1898, Dengzhou, Shandong province, China—died February 28, 1967, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.) was an American magazine publisher who built a publishing empire on Time, Fortune, and Life magazines, becoming one of the most powerful figures in the history of American journalism. Luce’s publications, founded as a means of ...
In 1936, when he proposed to create a new foundation, Henry R. Luce was only 38 years old but already influential in American life. With his Yale College classmate Briton Hadden, he had founded Time magazine thirteen years earlier, followed in 1929 by Fortune, and in 1936 by Life.
Apr 28, 2004 · In the late 1930’s, he was America’s single most powerful and innovative mass communicator. During the preceding decade and a half, with several other young men fresh from the nation’s...
Henry Luce and 20th Century U.S. Internationalism. During the middle of the 20th century, Henry R. Luce (1898–1967) became one of the most influential American advocates for internationalism among figures working in the private sector.
Henry Luce was the co-founder of Time magazine, the founder of Fortune and Life, and the longtime head of Time Inc. He was an unlikely revolutionary.
Sep 16, 2015 · In February 1941, Henry Luce, the editor, publisher, and creator of Time and Life magazines, proclaimed to the readers of Life that America was in the war. To many of his readers, such a bold assertion probably came off as perplexing.
Apr 28, 2004 · One of the most influential publishers of the 20th century, Henry Luce profoundly changed the media landscape. His involvement in politics and professional achievements have made Luce a...
Henry Luce and the 20th Century. Two biographers of Henry R. Luce met on March 25 in the building that bears his name, and had a conversation about Luce and the 20th century before a capacity crowd.
Mar 9, 1998 · Through most of an eventful and extraordinarily successful life, Henry Luce--the co-founder of TIME and its undisputed leader for nearly 40 years--was not a wholly contented man.
