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The Atlantic
''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C. It features articles on politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science. It was founded in 1857 in Boston as ''The Atlantic Monthly'', a literary and cultural magazine that published leading writers' commentary on education, the abolition of slavery, and other major political issues of that time. Its founders included Francis H. Underwood and prominent writers Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and John Greenleaf Whittier. James Russell Lowell was its first editor. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the magazine also published the annual ''The Atlantic Monthly Almanac''. The magazine was purchased in 1999 by businessman David G. Bradley, who fashioned it into a general editorial magazine primarily aimed at serious national readers and " thought leaders"; in 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurene Powell Jobs
Laurene Powell Jobs ( Powell; born November 6, 1963)United States birth records is an American billionaire businesswoman executive and philanthropist. She is the widow of Steve Jobs, who was the co-founder and former CEO of Apple Inc., and she manages the Steve Jobs Trust. She is the founder and chairman of Emerson Collective and XQ Institute. She is a major donor to Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politicians. Early life and career Powell Jobs was raised in West Milford, New Jersey. She earned a Bachelor of Arts, B.A. in political science from the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences and a Bachelor of Science, B.S. degree in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1985. She received her Master of Business Administration, MBA degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1991. Early career In the 1990s, Powell Jobs co-founded Terravera, a natural foods company that sold to retailers throughout Northern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David G
David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the Kings of Israel and Judah, third king of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions, Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damascus in the late 9th/early 8th centuries BCE to commemorate a victory over two enemy kings, contains the phrase (), which is translated as "Davidic line, House of David" by most scholars. The Mesha Stele, erected by King Mesha of Moab in the 9th century BCE, may also refer to the "House of David", although this is disputed. According to Jewish works such as the ''Seder Olam Rabbah'', ''Seder Olam Zutta'', and ''Sefer ha-Qabbalah'' (all written over a thousand years later), David ascended the throne as the king of Judah in 885 BCE. Apart from this, all that is known of David comes from biblical literature, Historicity of the Bible, the historicit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." Twain's novels include ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (1876) and its sequel, ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel." He also wrote ''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'' (1889) and ''Pudd'nhead Wilson'' (1894) and cowrote ''The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today'' (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner. The novelist Ernest Hemingway claimed that "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called ''Huckleberry Finn''." Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the setting for both ''Tom Sawyer'' and ''Huckleberry Finn''. He served an apprenticeship with a printer early in his career, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis P
Francis may refer to: People and characters *Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church (2013–2025) *Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Francis (surname) * Francis, a character played by YouTuber Boogie2988 Places * Rural Municipality of Francis No. 127, Saskatchewan, Canada * Francis, Saskatchewan, Canada ** Francis (electoral district) * Francis, Nebraska, USA * Francis Township, Holt County, Nebraska, USA * Francis, Oklahoma, USA * Francis, Utah, USA Arts, entertainment, media * ''Francis'' (film), the first of a series of comedies featuring Francis the Talking Mule, voiced by Chill Wills *''Francis'', a 1983 play by Julian Mitchell * Francis (band), a Sweden-based folk band *Francis (TV series), a Indian Bengali-language animated television series Other uses *FRANCIS, a bibliographic database * ''Francis'' (1793), a colonial schooner in Australia * Francis turbine, a type of water turbine See also * Saint Francis (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Conant Church
William Conant Church (August 11, 1836 – May 23, 1917) was an American journalist, author and soldier. He was publisher of several newspapers and magazines in association with his father and brother. He was the co-founder and second president of the National Rifle Association of America. Life and work Church was born in Rochester, New York on August 11, 1836, to the Reverend Pharcellus Church. He was educated in the Boston Latin School. While still a youth, he helped his father edit and publish the ''New York Chronicle''. In 1860, he became publisher of ''The Sun'' and of the '' New York Chronicle''. In 1861–62 he was Washington correspondent of ''The'' ''New York Times''. He resigned his journalistic position on his appointment as captain in the United States Volunteers in 1862, and served for one year, receiving brevets of major and lieutenant colonel. In 1863, he and his brother, Francis Pharcellus Church, established ''The Army and Navy Journal'', which publishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Galaxy (magazine)
''Galaxy Magazine'', or ''The Galaxy'', was an American monthly magazine founded by William Conant Church and his brother Francis P. Church in 1866. In 1868, Sheldon and Company gained financial control of the magazine and it was eventually absorbed by '' The Atlantic Monthly'' in 1878. Notable contributors to the magazine include Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Ion Hanford Perdicaris and Henry James. History In 1861, after the start of the Civil War, William Church served as a war correspondent for the '' New York Evening Post'' and later for ''The New York Times''. In 1863, after leaving the war behind, William and his brother started the '' Army and Navy Journal'', and in 1866 they started ''Galaxy'' magazine. Oliver Wendell Holmes, who had named ''The Atlantic Monthly'', may have named the new magazine. The Church brothers published and edited the magazine for two years from 1866 to 1868. The publishing house of Sheldon and Company took over publishing in 1868, and ten years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Elliot Cabot
James Elliot Cabot (June 18, 1821 – January 16, 1903)Higginson, T. W.. 1904"James Elliot Cabot" ''Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences'' 39 (24). American Academy of Arts & Sciences: 649–55. was an American philosopher and author, born in Boston to Samuel Cabot Jr., and Eliza Cabot. Education and career Having received his bachelor's degree from Harvard Law School in 1845, Elliot started a law firm. He taught philosophy at Harvard and was a transcendentalist and edited the ''Massachusetts Quarterly Review'', beginning in 1848. Cabot was a correspondent of Henry David Thoreau. Views and publications Cabot argued that we do not experience space directly, that space is "a system of relations, it cannot be given in any one sensation. ..Space is a symbol of the general relatedness of objects constructed by thought from data which lie below consciousness." Cabot was of the opinion that the position of something in space was not felt at all, but deduced from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lothrop Motley
John Lothrop Motley (April 15, 1814 – May 29, 1877) was an American author and diplomat. As a popular historian, he is best known for his works on the Netherlands, the three volume work ''The Rise of the Dutch Republic'' and four volume ''History of the United Netherlands''. As United States Minister to Austria in the service of the Abraham Lincoln administration, Motley helped to prevent European intervention on the side of the Confederates in the American Civil War. He later served as Minister to the United Kingdom (Court of St. James) during the Ulysses S. Grant administration. Biography John Lothrop Motley was born on April 15, 1814, in Dorchester, Massachusetts. His grandfather, Thomas Motley, a jail-keeper (a public position) and innkeeper in Portland, Maine, had been a Freemason and radical sympathizer with the French Revolution. His father Thomas and uncle Edward served mercantile apprenticeships in Portland."Motley, John Lothrop". ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Russell Lowell - 1855
James may refer to: People * James (given name) * James (surname) * James (musician), aka Faruq Mahfuz Anam James, (born 1964), Bollywood musician * James, brother of Jesus * King James (other), various kings named James * Prince James (other) * Saint James (other) Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Film and television * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * "James", a television episode of ''Adventure Time'' Music * James (band), a band from Manchester ** ''James'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Thompson (editor)
Nicholas Thompson (born 1975) is an American technology journalist and media executive. In February 2021, he became Chief Executive Officer of ''The Atlantic''. Thompson was selected in part for his editorial experience, which includes stints as the editor-in-chief of ''Wired'' and as the editor of Newyorker.com. In early 2024, ''The Atlantic'' announced it had more than one million subscribers and returned to profitability. He was responsible for instituting digital paywalls at both ''The New Yorker'' and ''Wired''; at ''Wired'', digital subscriptions increased almost 300 percent in the paywall's first year. While at ''The New Yorker'', Thompson co-founded Atavist, which sold to Automattic in 2018, and in 2009, he published his first book, '' The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War'', a biography of George Kennan and Thompson's maternal grandfather, Paul Nitze. Thompson's assorted writing includes features on Facebook's scandals, his ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrienne LaFrance
Adrienne LaFrance is an American journalist, executive editor of ''The Atlantic'' and former editor of ''TheAtlantic.com''. Career LaFrance received her B.A. degree in journalism from Michigan State University and an M.S. in journalism from Boston University. LaFrance is known for her coverage of American comedy, as well as her many years writing about technology, media, and political violence. She was a national reporter for Digital First Media's Project Thunderdome. She has also served as a staff writer for Nieman Journalism Lab, at Harvard University, and a reporter in the Washington bureau of Honolulu Civil Beat, before moving to Washington state. Additionally, she worked as a reporter and news anchor for Hawaii Public Radio, managing editor for '' Honolulu Weekly'' and news writer for WBUR—Boston's NPR affiliate. LaFrance joined ''The Atlantic'' in 2014, became editor of the website in 2017, then executive editor in 2019. Formerly a staff writer, she covered techn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
