Briton Hadden
Briton Hadden (born February 18, 1898 , † February 27, 1929 ) was together with his college friend Henry Luce , whom he knew from their time at Yale University , the co-founder of Time Magazine .
Life
Hadden and Luce had known each other since they were 15 years old. They attended the same school in Connecticut, USA.
Hadden, who, like H. Luce, was a member of the Yale fraternity Skull & Bones , started as a newspaper journalist at Hotchkiss Record. After the Yale Daily News increased its sales, he was elected to the local editorial staff and served twice as chairman of the newspaper: from 1917 to 1918 and from 1919 to 1920. Luce has been the managing editor on both occasions .
After receiving his bachelor's degree from Yale in 1920, Hadden worked occasionally as a journalist , but found the conditions at the time unsatisfactory. In 1923 he was a co-founder of Time magazine . He and Luce took turns in the presidency of the newspaper company each year. Luce set out to transform this initial magazine into the Time-Life Empire when Hadden fell ill in December 1928 and died in 1929 (possibly of flu- related laryngitis).
After Hadden's death donated Luce money for the construction of a building at York Street 202 in New Haven ( Connecticut ), possibly a new home of Yale Daily News to be. It is now called the Hadden Memorial Building .
Web links
- Time Magazine biography (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hadden, Briton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1898 |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 27, 1929 |