The New York Evening Post

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The New York Evening Post

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Founded in 1800 by Alexander Hamilton, the paper is currently known as The New York Post and owned by Rupert Murdoch, who bought it in 1977.

Location:
New York City

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

John Bigelow Author 25-Nov-1817 19-Dec-1911 Ambassador to France, memoirist

William Cullen Bryant Poet 3-Nov-1794 12-Jun-1878 Editor, The New York Evening Post

Cass Canfield Publisher 26-Apr-1897 27-Mar-1986 Harper & Brothers

E. L. Godkin Journalist 2-Oct-1831 21-May-1902 Co-Founder of The Nation

Paul Elmer More Scholar 12-Dec-1864 9-Mar-1937 Shelburne Essays

Allan Nevins Historian 20-May-1890 5-Mar-1971 The War for the Union

Walter B. Pitkin Psychologist 6-Feb-1878 25-Jan-1953 Life Begins at Forty

Lincoln Steffens Journalist 6-Apr-1866 9-Aug-1936 Early muckraking journalist

James Thurber Author 8-Dec-1894 2-Nov-1961 Short story writer and cartoonist

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