William Conant Church

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William Conant Church

William Conant Church (born August 11, 1836 in Rochester , New York , † May 23, 1917 in New York City ) was an American publisher , journalist and soldier . He was one of the two founders of the National Rifle Association .

Life

William Conant Church was the son of a Baptist clergyman. His father Pharcellus was also a journalist and founded "The New York Chronicle" . William was educated at the Boston Latin School . When he was still young, he got involved at the age of 19, helping his father edit and publish the New York Chronicle . In 1860 he became the publisher of the New York Sun and from 1861 to 1862 he was the Washington correspondent for the New York Times .

He retired from his journalistic position after serving as a captain in the US Volunteer Army in 1861 and served two years, receiving the ranks of major and lieutenant colonel . In 1863 he married Mary Elizabeth Metcalf. With his brother Francis Pharcellus Church , he founded The Army and Navy Journal in 1863 and the monthly Galaxy Magazine in 1866.

Together with George Wood Wingate he established the rank of colonel on November 17, 1871, the "National Rifle Association" and in 1872 replaced its first president, the retired General Ambrose Everett Burnside , in office.

Church was the government commissioner for surveying the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1882. He wrote two biographies, of John Ericsson in 1891 and of Ulysses S. Grant in 1899.

Church was also a founding member of the Metropolitan Museum of Art , a founding member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, and became a lifelong member and director of the New York Zoological Society.

literature

  • Donald N. Bigelow, William Conant Church & the Army and Navy Journal . AMS Press, New York 1968.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBMY RARE: BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS DIVISION ACCESSION SHEET ( Memento of July 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ http://www.nra.org/aboutus.aspx
personal data
SURNAME Church, William Conant
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH Rochester , New York
DATE OF DEATH May 23, 1917
Place of death New York City