biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1881–1954)
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| biography:
| Publisher, born in Ulster Co, New York, USA. In 1919 he co-founded the firm that eventually became Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. As its president until 1941, he used his acumen and taste to acquire fine writers and make the company prosper. |
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