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Henry Luce
Henry Robinson Luce was an American magazine publisher who founded Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated. He was known as one of "the most influential [Americans] of his day".
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business · American magazine publisher (1898–1967) · journalist · publisher · businessperson · also Henry Luce, Henry Robinson Luce, Henry R. Luce, Luce
Born 3 April 1898 · Died 28 February 1967 · Q516473
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 1 entry
insider.si.edu: The publisher : Henry Luce and his American century / Alan Brinkley
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2023· 1 entry
Hyperallergic: Henry Luce Foundation
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2022· 2 entries
Religion News Service: Henry Luce Foundation awards $1 million grant to Morgan's Center for Religion and Cities
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The Daily Record (Maryland): Henry Luce Foundation awards Morgan St. $1M grant
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2021· 1 entry
Commercial Observer: Henry Luce Foundation Relocates Near Madison Square Park
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1967· 2 entries
Died 1967-02-28.
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Luce died of a coronary occlusion on February 28, 1967 in Phoenix, Arizona.
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1957· 1 entry
Was appointed to a Rockefeller Foundation panel to formulate a vision of America foreign policy
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1952· 1 entry
Donated $10,000 to the Partisan Review, which helped to keep it in business when it was undergoing financial difficulties
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1949· 1 entry
The National Committee for a Free Europe was established, with Luce being appointed to its board of directors
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1944· 1 entry
Despite Chambers' well-known feuds with reporters in the field
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1941· 3 entries
Declared the 20th century to be the "American Century"
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Founded his own organization the "United China Appeal"
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Authored an editorial for Life titled "The American Century", in which he articulated his vision for the role of U
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1936· 1 entry
By Henry Luce in his thirties
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1935· 1 entry
Married his second wife, Clare Boothe Luce, who had an 11-year-old daughter, Ann Clare Brokaw, whom he raised as his own
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1923· 2 entries
And had two children, Peter Paul and Henry Luce III, before divorcing in 1935
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They married in 1923 and had two children, Peter Paul and Henry Luce III, before divorcing in 1935.
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1917· 1 entry
A third of the students joined the army; the rest, including Luce, joined the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) and attended class in uniform
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1898· 2 entries
The son of Elizabeth Root Luce and Henry Winters Luce, who was a Presbyterian missionary
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Born 1898-04-03.
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