Arthur Baldwin Turnure was an
American
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businessman who founded the fashion and lifestyle magazine
''Vogue''. Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly newspaper in
New York
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on December 17, 1892.
Early life
Turnure was born to wealthy parents, David Mitchel Turnure and Mary S. Baldwin, in 1856. He graduated from
Princeton University to become a lawyer in 1876. He later became an
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the visi ...
at
Harper & Brothers
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History
J. & J. Harper (1817–1833)
James Harper and his brother John, printers by training, started their book publishin ...
.
On May 20, 1890 he married Elizabeth Harrison in New York City.
Vogue
Turnure founded
''Vogue'' magazine on December 17, 1892 in New York. Condé Nast bought Vogue in 1909.
Death
Turnure left his office feeling ill, and two days later he died of pneumonia. He died in 1906 at the age of 49.
References
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1856 births
18th-century American businesspeople
Princeton University
Vogue (magazine) people
1906 deaths