Frank Brett Noyes (July 7, 1863 - December 1, 1948) was president of the ''

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'', a daily afternoon newspaper published in Washington, D.C., and a founder of the

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. He was a son of the ''Star'' publisher

Crosby Stuart Noyes Crosby Stuart Noyes (February 16, 1825 – February 21, 1908) was the publisher of the ''Washington Evening Star''. Biography Noyes was born on February 16, 1825, in Minot, Maine, USA, and is most known for publishing the ''Washington Evenin ...

Biography

Noyes was born in

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, on July 7, 1863. He attended public schools in Washington and later went to the preparatory school of Columbian College (which later became

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), but did not complete a degree. Instead, in 1881 he began to work in the ''Evening Star'' business department full time, though he had already worked for the ''Star'' in his spare time during high school and college. He was manager and treasurer for the ''Star'' from 1887 to 1901. From 1901 to 1910 he lived in Chicago and edited the ''Chicago Recorder-Herald'' while remaining a director of the ''Evening Star'', and moved back to Washington in 1910 to become president of the Evening Star Newspaper Company. Beginning in 1893, Noyes became involved with the formation of the

and was elected its president in 1900, retiring only in 1938. He married Janet Thurston Newbold on September 17, 1888. They had four children: Crosby (died in infancy), Frances Newbold Noyes, Newbold Noyes Sr., and Ethel.

Quotes

"Circumstances compel me to be an intellectual eunuch." Quoted in ''

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'' magazine, explaining why he didn't offer opinions on public issues.

References

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