MAGAZINE

Founded in 1850 as Harper's New Monthly Magazine.

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frederick Lewis Allen	Journalist	5-Jul-1890	13-Feb-1954	Editor of Harpers, 1941-53
Robert O. Anderson	Business	13-Apr-1917	2-Dec-2007	CEO of ARCO, 1966-86
Poultney Bigelow	Author	10-Sep-1855	28-May-1954	The German Struggle for Liberty
Hayden Carruth	Poet	3-Aug-1921	29-Sep-2008	Brothers, I Loved You All
Alexander Cockburn	Columnist	6-Jun-1941	20-Jul-2012	The Nation, CounterPunch
Nicholas Coleridge	Business	1957		Managing Director, Condé Nast
David Corn	Columnist	Feb-1959		Washington editor of The Nation
Midge Decter	Journalist	25-Jul-1927		Neoconservative maven
Richard S. Emmet	Attorney	8-Apr-1897	5-Oct-1969	Counsel to the Bank of New York
Marshall Frady	Journalist	11-Jan-1940	9-Mar-2004	Wallace
Thomas Frank	Author	21-Mar-1965		Founding editor, The Baffler
David Halberstam	Journalist	10-Apr-1934	23-Apr-2007	The Powers That Be
Lafcadio Hearn	Author	27-Jun-1850	26-Sep-1904	Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation
Christopher Hitchens	Journalist	13-Apr-1949	15-Dec-2011	Agent provocateur
Winslow Homer	Painter	24-Feb-1836	30-Sep-1910	Maritime painter, Eight Bells
Scott Horton	Attorney	11-Aug-1955		Human rights attorney
William Dean Howells	Author	1-Mar-1837	11-May-1920	The Rise of Silas Lapham
Michael Kinsley	Pundit	9-Mar-1951		Founding editor of Slate
Lewis Lapham	Editor	8-Jan-1935		Editor Emeritus, Harper's
Louis Menand	Critic	21-Jan-1952		The Metaphysical Club
Willie Morris	Author	29-Nov-1934	2-Aug-1999	North Toward Home
Cullen Murphy	Journalist	1-Sep-1952		Atlantic Monthly
Thomas Nast	Cartoonist	27-Sep-1840	7-Dec-1902	American political caricaturist
Michael Pollan	Author	6-Feb-1955		The Omnivore's Dilemma
Henry J. Raymond	Journalist	24-Jan-1820	19-Jun-1869	Co-Founder of The New York Times
Jeff Sharlet	Journalist	1972		The Family
Robert B. Silvers	Editor	31-Dec-1929		The New York Review of Books
Charles Dudley Warner	Author	12-Sep-1829	20-Oct-1900	Harper's editorialist
E. B. White	Author	11-Jul-1899	01-Oct-1985	Charlotte's Web

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