William Harlan Hale
William Harlan Hale (1910 – July 1974) was an American writer, journalist, and editor.
Life and career
Hale was born in New York City, the son of William Bayard and Olga Unger Hale. He attended
In 1931, he married Jean Laughlin Barker of Santa Fe; they had two daughters and a son. In religion he was a lifelong Episcopalian and in politics, a Democrat.
Hale was associate editor of
In an historical vein, Hale wrote a popular history of
In
Hale worked as a journalist in Austria from 1950 to 1953. He was editor of The New Republic (1946–47), the Reporter, and Horizon (1958). He was the author of The Horizon Book of Ancient Greece (1965) and The Horizon Book of Eating and Drinking Through the Ages (1968). Articles for American Heritage formed the basis for his Innocence Abroad (1958).
Hale's papers are in the Yale University Library.
References
External links
- William Harlan Hale papers (MS 1140). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library. [1]