Alfred Harcourt
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Alfred Harcourt was an American Publisher, Compiler and Founder of Harcourt, Brace & Howe
in 1919.
Harcourt was born in New Paltz, New York
to a fruit farmer and attended the New Paltz Normal School. While at the normal school
Harcourt became a member of the Delphic Fraternity
. An illness at age 9 lead to his love for books and reading.
Harcourt graduated from Columbia College of Columbia University
in 1904 with fellow grad Donald Brace
, with whom he founded a publishing company.
He retired from his business due to poor health in 1941 and died in 1954 in Santa Barbara, California
.
Harcourt was married to Ellen Knowles, his second wife, who died in 1984. Before her passing, Ellen Knowles Harcourt founded the Alfred Harcourt Foundation in honor of her late husband.
Harcourt Trade Publishers
Harcourt was a United States publishing firm with a long history of publishing fiction and nonfiction for children and adults. The company was based in San Diego, California, with an Editorial / Sales / Marketing / Rights offices in New York City and Orlando, Florida.In 2007, the U.S...
in 1919.
Harcourt was born in New Paltz, New York
New Paltz (village), New York
New Paltz is a village in Ulster County in the U.S. state of New York. It is about north of New York City and south of Albany. The population was 6,818 at the 2010 census.The Village of New Paltz is located within the Town of New Paltz...
to a fruit farmer and attended the New Paltz Normal School. While at the normal school
Normal school
A normal school is a school created to train high school graduates to be teachers. Its purpose is to establish teaching standards or norms, hence its name...
Harcourt became a member of the Delphic Fraternity
Delphic Fraternity
The Delphic Fraternity, Inc., also known as Delphic of Gamma Sigma Tau, is a historic multicultural fraternity and one of the founding members of the National Multicultural Greek Council.- History :...
. An illness at age 9 lead to his love for books and reading.
Harcourt graduated from Columbia College of Columbia University
Columbia College of Columbia University
Columbia College is the oldest undergraduate college at Columbia University, situated on the university's main campus in Morningside Heights in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1754 by the Church of England as King's College, receiving a Royal Charter from King George II...
in 1904 with fellow grad Donald Brace
Donald Brace
Donald Clifford Brace was an American Publisher and Founder of Harcourt, Brace & Howe in 1919....
, with whom he founded a publishing company.
He retired from his business due to poor health in 1941 and died in 1954 in Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...
.
Harcourt was married to Ellen Knowles, his second wife, who died in 1984. Before her passing, Ellen Knowles Harcourt founded the Alfred Harcourt Foundation in honor of her late husband.