Henry Luce

Entrepreneur

Henry Luce was born in Penglai, Shandong, China on April 3rd, 1898 and is the Entrepreneur. At the age of 68, Henry Luce biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
April 3, 1898
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Penglai, Shandong, China
Death Date
Feb 28, 1967 (age 68)
Zodiac Sign
Aries
Profession
Businessperson, Journalist, Publisher
Henry Luce Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

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Henry Luce Religion, Education, and Hobbies
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Education
Yale University
Henry Luce Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Lila Ross Hotz, ​ ​(m. 1923; div. 1935)​, Clare Boothe Luce, ​ ​(m. 1935)​
Children
3
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Parents
Henry W. Luce
Henry Luce Life

Henry Robinson Luce (April 3, 1898 – February 28, 1967) was an American magazine magnate who was dubbed "the most influential private citizen in the America of his day."

He founded and closely monitored a number of magazines that revolutionized journalism and reading habits of millions of Americans.

Time magazine summarized and interpreted the week's coverage; Life was a picture magazine of politics, culture, and society that dominated American visual perceptions in the period before television; Fortune reported on national and international industry; and Sports Illustrated investigated the world of sports.

Luce founded the first multimedia firm, relying on his radio projects and newsreels.

He hoped that the United States would achieve world hegemony, and that the twentieth century would be the "American Century," as he wrote in 1941.

Early life

Luce was born in Tengchow (now Penglai) Shandong, China, on April 3, 1898, the son of Elizabeth Root Luce and Henry Winters Luce, a Presbyterian missionary, was a Presbyterian missionary.

Education

He was sent to the United States at 15 years old to attend the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut, where he had a difficult time with his stuttering. He was withdrawn from the upper-class boys as a scholarship student. He was subsidized by Nancy Fowler McCormick, an elderly Chicago heiress who favored missionary sons. Luce is quickly recognized as the best student by applying himself to study. He was particularly good at languages; he studied Greek, Latin, French, and German, and he knew Chinese—and even learned Chinese. He edited the Hotchkiss Literary Monthly. He first met Briton Hadden in the United Kingdom, and the two became his best friends.

Hotchkiss was a Yale feeder prep school. Luce matriculated in New Haven in 1916 after a summer with a Springfield newspaper. He was the best freshman in college, but grades did not indicate as much respect as a staff member of Yale Daily News. Only four newmen were chosen by the News; Luce and Hadden were among the first four newmen to be selected by the News; Luce and Hadden were among the four new guys chosen. When the United States entered the World War in 1917, a third of the students joined the army; the remainder, including Luce, joined ROTC and attended class in uniform. Luce, a minor fraternity, also joined Alpha Delta. His grades remained high, and every spare hour was devoted to newspaper work. Luce and Hadden were two outstanding journalists when the News Hadden chairmanship was up for a vote in January 1918. Luce later became the managing editor, and the two became close collaborators and began discussing their future. Meanwhile, the Army sent them as ROTC chiefs to prepare new recruits. Before either was approved, the war was over. As juniors, they returned to campus in January 1919. Both were selected in May for the highly coveted underground society Skull and Bones. He applied for a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford but he was refused but paid his way. He spent the year in Europe, following the war scene closely. He returned to the United States to work in Chicago as a senior reporter.

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