Henry Holt
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Henry Holt was a book publisher and author.
Henry Holt was born in Baltimore, Maryland on January 3, 1840.
He graduated from Yale in 1862.
After a year at Columbia Law School, Holt married Mary Florence West and left school for work.
He joined the publishing company of Frederick Leypoldt
in 1866, which became Henry Holt and Company
in 1873. Holt's company specialized in publishing and did not sell books at retail. Holt remained active in the company until about 1916.
Seven years after his wife's death, he wed Florence Taber. He had 3 sons and 3 daughters.
In 1914 he found The Unpopular Review, later renamed The Unpartizan Review, which ceased publication in 1920.
Holt authored novels as well. Both Calire (1892) and Sturmsee: Man and Man (1905) were first published anonymously and then reissued under his name. The New York Times described them: "In Sturmsee the economic problems of the present day are treated in an interesting fashion. The theory of 'social service' is set forth in it., and there are many satirical touches. The scope of the other novel, Calmire, is somewhat broader."
Holt served on the Simplified Spelling Board
, and was its President and the man to whom the Board's founding benefactor Andrew Carnegie
addressed his 25 February 1915 letter expressing dissatisfaction with the progress of the board, saying of the board that "a more useless body of men never came into association, judging from the effects they produce."
Holt published his autobiography, Garrulities of an Octogenarian Editor in 1923.
He died at his home in New York City on February 13, 1926 and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery.
Henry Holt was born in Baltimore, Maryland on January 3, 1840.
He graduated from Yale in 1862.
After a year at Columbia Law School, Holt married Mary Florence West and left school for work.
He joined the publishing company of Frederick Leypoldt
Frederick Leypoldt
Frederick Leypoldt was a bibliographer, the founder of an ancestor company of Library Journal, Publisher's Weekly, Index Medicus and other publications.-Biography:...
in 1866, which became Henry Holt and Company
Henry Holt and Company
Henry Holt and Company is an American book publishing company. One of the oldest publishers in the United States, it was founded in 1866 by Henry Holt and Frederick Leypoldt...
in 1873. Holt's company specialized in publishing and did not sell books at retail. Holt remained active in the company until about 1916.
Seven years after his wife's death, he wed Florence Taber. He had 3 sons and 3 daughters.
In 1914 he found The Unpopular Review, later renamed The Unpartizan Review, which ceased publication in 1920.
Holt authored novels as well. Both Calire (1892) and Sturmsee: Man and Man (1905) were first published anonymously and then reissued under his name. The New York Times described them: "In Sturmsee the economic problems of the present day are treated in an interesting fashion. The theory of 'social service' is set forth in it., and there are many satirical touches. The scope of the other novel, Calmire, is somewhat broader."
Holt served on the Simplified Spelling Board
Simplified Spelling Board
The Simplified Spelling Board was an American organization created in 1906 to reform the spelling of the English language, making it simpler and easier to learn, and eliminating many of its inconsistencies...
, and was its President and the man to whom the Board's founding benefactor Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist, businessman, and entrepreneur who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century...
addressed his 25 February 1915 letter expressing dissatisfaction with the progress of the board, saying of the board that "a more useless body of men never came into association, judging from the effects they produce."
Holt published his autobiography, Garrulities of an Octogenarian Editor in 1923.
He died at his home in New York City on February 13, 1926 and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery.
Works
- Fiction
- Calire (1892)
- Sturmsee: Man and Man (1905)
- Non-fiction
- Talks on Civics (1901)
- Garrulities of an Octogenarian Editor (1923)