biography
| name: |
Godey, Louis Antoine
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pronunciation:
[gohdee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1804–78)
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| biography:
| Publisher, born in New York City, USA. Educated largely in newspaper editorial offices, he was a middle-class tastemaker in fashion, music, and literature, publishing (1930–77) Godey's Lady's Book, the largest circulation magazine of its time. Its illustrations not only influenced women's fashion of the time, but later became documents for social historians and prized items for collectors. A publisher also of children's and music journals, he was among the first to copyright magazine contents. |
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