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Henry Haven Windsor (November 13, 1859 – May 11, 1924), American author, magazine editor, and publisher, was the founder and first editor of ''
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''. He was succeeded as editor by his son, Henry Haven Windsor, Jr (1898–1965). Windsor also published ''
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'' from 1912 to 1922. Windsor was born in a log cabin in
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, the son of Rev. William D. D. Windsor and Harriet Butler (Holmes) Windsor. He attended Iowa College (later known as
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), graduating in 1884. On June 25, 1889, he married Lina B. Jackson in
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. From 1879 to 1880, he served as city editor of the
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''Times-Republican''. During 1881–82 he was private secretary to officials of the Northern Pacific Railway in
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. From 1883 to 1891, he was secretary of the
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. In 1892 he founded the magazine ''Street Railway Review'', serving as editor and president. He also founded ''Brick'' and ''Rural Free Delivery News''. Beginning in 1901, he was editor and president of the magazine ''Popular Mechanics''. As of 1922, Windsor maintained homes in
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(at 1120 Forrest Avenue);
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and Daytona Beach, Florida. His office address was 6 North Michigan Avenue in
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. Windsor gave his political affiliation as Republican and his religious affiliation as Congregationalist. He was a member of several clubs, including the Press Club, Chicago Athletic Club, South Shore Country Club,
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,
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in Washington, D. C, University Club in Evanston, Illinois, Atlantic Yacht Club, and the Camden Yacht Club in Camden, Maine. He was a member of the first board of directors of the Hamilton Club. Windsor died at his home in Evanston on May 11, 1924. He is buried in
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and Mausoleum in
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References


Lancaster, Paul, "Crazy about Invention,"''American Heritage Invention and Technology''
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Derby, George and White, James Terry, ''The National Cyclopædia of American Biography'' vol. 15 p. 55


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Windsor, Henry Haven 1859 births 1924 deaths American magazine editors American technology writers American magazine publishers (people) Burials at Rosehill Cemetery People from Marshalltown, Iowa People from Mitchell County, Iowa