Ogilvy, David, 1911-1999

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1911-06-23
Death 1999-07-21
Britons,
English,

Biographical notes:

Title: 4th Earl of Airlie

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000357.0x000139

Epithet: 4th or 6th Earl of Airlie

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000357.0x000135

Epithet: Colonel; 13th Regt

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000357.0x000136

Epithet: Lieutenant; of the Marines

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000357.0x000137

Advertising executive. Full name: David Mackenzie Ogilvy.

From the description of David Ogilvy papers, 1935-1966 (bulk 1945-1964). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71063648

Biographical Note

1911, June 22 Born, West Horsley, England 1930s Attended Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, England, where he held a scholarship in modern history 1934 Chef, Hotel Majestic, Paris, France 1935 Sold stoves door-to-door in Scotland and wrote a pamphlet, The Theory and Practice of Selling the Aga Cooker, for Aga Heat 1936 Account executive, Mather & Crowther, London, England 1937 1939 Sent to the United States by Mather & Crowther to study American advertising 1939 Married Melind Street (divorced) 1939 1942 Associate director, Audience Research Institute, Princeton, N. J. 1942 1945 Second secretary, British embassy, Washington, D.C., and in charge of economic information for the British government in the Western Hemisphere 1945 1946 Vice president and secretary, British American Canadian Corp. 1947 Correspondent for Mather & Crowther in the United States 1948 Cofounder of Hewitt, Ogilvy, Benson & Mather, a subsidiary of the British advertising agencies of Mather & Crowther and S. H. Benson 1953 1961 President, Ogilvy, Benson & Mather 1957 Married Anne Cabot 1960 Board of Directors of the New York Philharmonic Symphony Society 1962 Trustee, Colby College, Waterville, Maine 1963 Published Confessions of an Advertising Man. New York: Atheneum. 1961 1965 Chairman of the board, Ogilvy, Benson & Mather 1964 Mather & Crowther and Ogilvy, Benson & Mather merged to form the international company Ogilvy & Mather, of which David Ogilvy became chairman 1965 Creative director, Ogilvy, Benson & Mather 1999, July 21 Died, Bonnes, France

From the guide to the David Ogilvy Papers, 1935-1966, (bulk 1945-1964), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Advertising
  • Advertising agencies
  • Advertising agencies
  • Advertising agencies
  • Advertising executives
  • Consumers
  • Consumers
  • Fund raising
  • Tourism
  • Trademarks

Occupations:

  • Advertising executives

Places:

  • Society Islands, South Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • Texas, U.S.A. (as recorded)
  • British America, America (as recorded)
  • Ellon, Aberdeenshire (as recorded)
  • London, England (as recorded)
  • Birmingham, Warwickshire (as recorded)
  • United States of America (as recorded)
  • West Indies, America (as recorded)
  • Birmingham, Warwickshire (as recorded)
  • Rugeley, Staffordshire (as recorded)
  • Yorkshire, England (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Leicester, Leicestershire (as recorded)
  • Dominica, the W. Indies (as recorded)
  • Kirriemuir, Forfarshire (as recorded)
  • St. Vincent, West Indies (as recorded)
  • Bridgnorth, Shropshire (as recorded)
  • Mexico, Central America (as recorded)
  • Kingsbury, Warwickshire (as recorded)
  • Udny, Aberdeenshire (as recorded)
  • Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
  • Netherlands, Europe (as recorded)
  • Great Britain (as recorded)
  • Great Britain (as recorded)
  • London, England (as recorded)
  • Paisley, Renfrewshire (as recorded)
  • India, Asia (as recorded)

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