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Henry Gartf Holt (January 3, 1840 – February 13, 1926) was an American book publisher and author.
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New York Times, January 9, 1916. * ttps://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E02EED6123EE333A25754C1A9639C94679ED7CF New York Times Article - Residence of Holt* {{DEFAULTSORT:Holt, Henry American book publishing company founders 19th-century American novelists 20th-century American novelists American male novelists 19th-century American male writers 20th-century American male writers Novelists from New York (state) Novelists from Maryland Writers from New Rochelle, New York Writers from Baltimore Businesspeople from New Rochelle, New York Columbia Law School alumni Yale University alumni Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery 1840 births 1926 deaths American publishers (people)
Life and career
Henry Holt was born inBaltimore, Maryland
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, on January 3, 1840." He graduated from Yale University in 1862. After a year at Columbia Law School he married Mary Florence West and left school for work.
He joined the publishing company of Frederick Leypoldt in 1866, which became Henry Holt and Company
Henry Holt and Company is an American book-publishing company based in New York City. One of the oldest publishers in the United States, it was founded in 1866 by Henry Holt and Frederick Leypoldt. Currently, the company publishes in the fields ...
in 1873. Holt's company specialized in publishing and did not sell books at retail. He remained active in the company until about 1916.
Seven years after his wife's death, he wed Florence Taber. Holt had 3 sons and 3 daughters. His son Roland Holt married famed dramatist Constance D'Arcy Mackay Constance D'Arcy Mackay (1887 – 21 August 1966) was an American writer and playwright. She was a charter member of PEN International and authored over sixty plays in her time.
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. In 1905, Henry Holt's daughters Edith and Winifred Winifred is a feminine given name, an anglicization of Welsh ''Gwenffrewi'', from ''gwen'', "fair", and ''ffrew'', "stillness". It may refer to:
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co-founded the New York Association for the Blind, now known as Lighthouse International. Edith continued to be active with this charity, which provided the opportunity for blind people to do useful work. In response to critics she wrote "Some went as far as to say that it would be cruel to add to the burden of infirmity the burden of labor, as if to be without work were not the heaviest burden mortal could be called upon to endure."
In 1914 Holt founded ''The Unpopular Review'', later renamed ''The Unpartizan Review'', which ceased publication in 1920.
Holt also authored novels. Both ''Calire'' (1892) and ''Sturmsee: Man and Man'' (1905) were first published anonymously and then reissued under his name. The ''New York Times'' described them: "In ''Sturmsee'' the economic problems of the present day are treated in an interesting fashion. The theory of 'social service' is set forth in it., and there are many satirical touches. The scope of the other novel, ''Calmire'', is somewhat broader."
Holt served on the Simplified Spelling Board
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, and was its President and the man to whom the Board's founding benefactor Andrew Carnegie addressed his February 25, 1915, letter expressing dissatisfaction with the progress of the board, saying of the board that "a more useless body of men never came into association, judging from the effects they produce."
Holt published his autobiography, ''Garrulities of an Octogenarian Editor'' in 1923.Kessinger Publishing, 2005,
He died at his home in New York City on February 13, 1926, and was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery.
Works
*Fiction **''Calire'' (1892) **''Sturmsee: Man and Man'' (1905) **''Steppenwolf'' (1926) *Non-fiction **''Talks on Civics'' (1901) **''On the Cosmic Relations'' (1914) **''Garrulities of an Octogenarian Editor'' (1923)References
Further reading
*Henry Holt, ''Garrulities Of An Octogenarian Editor. With Other Essays Somewhat Biographical and Autobiographical'', Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923. *Charles A. Madison, ''The Owl Among Colophons: Henry Holt as Publisher and Editor'', New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966.External links
Brief biography
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Henry Holt autograph letter
Holt & Co. history
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New York Times, January 9, 1916. * ttps://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E02EED6123EE333A25754C1A9639C94679ED7CF New York Times Article - Residence of Holt* {{DEFAULTSORT:Holt, Henry American book publishing company founders 19th-century American novelists 20th-century American novelists American male novelists 19th-century American male writers 20th-century American male writers Novelists from New York (state) Novelists from Maryland Writers from New Rochelle, New York Writers from Baltimore Businesspeople from New Rochelle, New York Columbia Law School alumni Yale University alumni Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery 1840 births 1926 deaths American publishers (people)