Henry Haven Windsor
Henry Haven Windsor , Sr. (born November 13, 1859 in Mitchel , Iowa , † May 11, 1924 in Evanston , Illinois ), was an American publisher , journalist and author . He was the founder and editor of the popular technical weekly magazine Popular Mechanics .
biography
Henry Haven Windsor, Sr. was born on November 13, 1859 in a log cabin near Mitchel, Iowa. His father was the Reverend William DD Windsor (1830-1908), priest of a congregational church , who had come to the Midwest of North America in a covered wagon . His mother was Harriet Butler Windsor, née Holmes (1861-1939).
When he was a young child, the family moved to Marshalltown , Iowa, where he attended school. At the age of twelve he had procured a printing press with which he successfully produced flyers for local merchants. Over time, his interest in printing, publishing, and writing increased. After leaving high school, he worked for a while in the local post office. In his spare time he completed correspondence courses. He made money by contributing to Chicago newspapers. This enabled him to finance two years of training at Iowa College in Grinnell.
After college, he worked for the Times Republican , Marshalltown's daily newspaper. There he learned news journalism and gained experience with the specific problems of publishing a newspaper. From 1879 to 1880 he was local editor of the newspaper. From 1881-82 he worked as a private secretary for officials of the Northern Pacific Railway in Saint Paul, Minnesota and from 1883-91 he was secretary at the Chicago City Railway Company in Chicago . In his spare time he founded the journal Street Railway Review , which he published from 1892 to 1901. In 1894 he published another magazine for the brick industry, called Brick , which dealt with the construction industry.
On June 25, 1889, he married Lina Brat Jackson (1861-1939) in Marengo, Illinois. The two had two children Dorothy (1896–1898) and Henry Haven, Jr. (1900-1965).
In the fall of 1901 he began to publish Popular Mechanics magazine. Resolutely, he gave up his previous job, rented a small office and hired a mail clerk and an accountant. The national weekly magazine was intended to bring the interested public closer to new things from technology and science in easily understandable language and with pictures. The interesting topics of the time were, for example, horseless carriages, balloon rides, telegraphy or attempts to fly. The first edition, which appeared in January 1902, was written almost entirely by himself and the title page showed the interior of the British Navy's first submarine, HMS Holland 1 .
HH Windsor died on May 11, 1924 after a brief illness at his home in Evanston.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g Press Club of Chicago: Henry Haven Windsor . In: Official Reference Book, The Club, 1922, p. 211
- ↑ a b c d e f g h William Richard Cutter: Windsor, Henry Haven. Founder of Popular Mechanics Magazine. In: American Biography: A New Cyclopedia, Volume 22, American Historical Company Inc., New York. 1925. pp. 274f
- ^ Ancestry.com: William Windsor , accessed August 8, 2016.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Wayne Wittaker: The Story of Popular Mechanics. In: Popular Mechanics, January 1952, Volume 97, No. 1, ISSN 0032-4558, pp. 127ff
- ↑ Ancestry.com: Harriet Butler Holmes , accessed August 8, 2016.
- ↑ a b c In Memoriam. In: Popular Mechanics Magazine, Volume 42, Popular Mechanics Company, 1924
- ↑ a b Mary Seelhorst, Michael Herring: Zero to 100. On the occasion of our 100th anniversary, we look back to see how we got where we are. In: Popular Mechanics, March 2002, Hearst Magazines, pp. 113ff
- ↑ a b Lina Bradt Jackson Windsor in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 9, 2016.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Windsor, Henry Haven |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American publisher, journalist, and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | near Mitchel , Iowa |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 11, 1924 |
| Place of death | Evanston , Illinois |