Norman Hapgood

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Norman Hapgood
Maurice Francis Egan
Succeeded byJoseph Grew
Personal details
Born(1868-03-28)March 28, 1868
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedApril 29, 1937(1937-04-29) (aged 69)
New York City
Resting placeGreen-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Spouse(s)Emilie Bigelow Hapgood
Elizabeth Kempley Reynolds
Alma materHarvard University
Occupation
  • Diplomat
  • editor
  • writer
  • journalist
Writing career
Notable worksThe Inside Story of Henry Ford's Jew-Mania

Norman Hapgood (March 28, 1868 – April 29, 1937) was an American writer, journalist, editor, and critic, and an American Minister to Denmark.[1]

Norman Hapgood was the American Minister to Denmark in 1919.

Biography

Norman Hapgood was born March 28, 1868, in

Chicago, Illinois to Charles Hutchins Hapgood (1836–1917) and Fanny Louise (Powers) Hapgood (1846–1922). He is the older brother of the journalist and author Hutchins Hapgood. He graduated from Harvard University
in 1890 and from the law school there in 1893, then chose to become a writer. Hapgood worked as the drama critic of the New York City Commercial Advertiser and of the Bookman in 1897–1902. He was named the editor of
Collier's Weekly in 1903 and remained at that post for about a decade, before leaving to become editor of Harper's Weekly in June 1913. His editorial style attracted much attention for its vigor and range.[citation needed
]

Hapgood at Harvard (1895)

He inspired

T. G. Masaryk to write the first memorandum to president Wilson for independence of Czechoslovakia from London to Washington in January 1917.[2]

During the latter part of

Paris Peace Conference of 1919
.

In 1919 President Wilson appointed Hapgood

Minister to Denmark, in which post he served for about six months. He helped expose Henry Ford's antisemitism in his article, "The Inside Story of Henry Ford's Jew-Mania", Part 4, Hearst's International (September 1922).[citation needed
]

In 1922, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) and the manufacturer's association representing cloak makers chose Norman Hapgood to chair a Wage Commission for workers in the industry (Lorwin, 351 - 352).

Hapgood was married twice. His first wife,

Konstantin Stanislavsky[5] (it was Norman Hapgood who had first suggested, in 1914, that the Moscow Art Theatre be invited to America[6]
).

Norman Hapgood died on April 29, 1937, following

NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital.[1] He was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn
, New York.

Works

Bain News Service
(date unknown).

Louis Lorwin, The Women's Garment Makers (pgs. 351 - 352).

References

  1. ^
    Montreal Gazette
    . Associated Press. April 30, 1937. Retrieved November 23, 2012. Norman Hapgood, 69 ... prominent author and editor and political associate of Alfred Smith in his terms as Governor of New York State, died today following an operation.
  2. ISBN 978-80-87173-47-3
    , pages 20-29, 94, 124–125, 128, 129, 132, 140–148, 184–190.
  3. ^ "Hapgood Backs Nations League As Peace Prop," New York Call, vol. 12, no. 32 (February 1, 1919), pg. 4.
  4. Schenectady Gazette, "Mrs. Emilie Bigelow Hapgood Dies in Rome" (obituary)
    ; accessed April 25, 2015.
  5. ISBN 978-1-134-10146-7
    .
  6. ISBN 978-0-413-52520-8
    .

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Media offices
Preceded by Editor of
Collier's Weekly

1903–1912 		Succeeded by
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Maurice Francis Egan
U.S. Minister to Denmark

1919 		Succeeded by
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