Dennis, Lawrence, 1893-1977

Variant names

Dates:

Birth 1893-12-25

Death 1977-08-20

Biographical notes:

American journalist; editor, Weekly Foreign Letter, 1938-1942, and Appeal to Reason, 1946-1972.

From the description of Lawrence Dennis papers, 1921-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872109

Writer, banker.

From the description of Oral history interview with Lawrence Dennis, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309737184

Dennis (Harvard College Class of 1919) earned his Harvard AB in 1920.

From the description of The Appam case : library report in Government 14, 1919-1920. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77075401

Biographical Note

1893, Dec. 25 Born, Atlanta, Georgia 1915 1917 Served at Plattsburg, commissioned 2nd Lt. U.S. Army, Aug. 1917 1918 1919 Served with American Expeditionary Force 1921 1927 U.S. Department of State. Posts in Haiti, Romania, Honduras (1925) and Nicaragua (1926-1927) 1927 1930 Employed by J. & W. Seligman & Co., bankers, New York City 1932 Author, Is Capitalism Doomed? 1936 Author, The Coming American Fascism 1936 1939 Employed by E.A. Pierce & Co., brokers, New York City 1939 1942 Editor and publisher of The Weekly Foreign Letter 1940 Author, The Dynamics of War and Revolution 1944 1947 Tried for sedition, 1944; case dismissed, 1947 1946 Author (with Maximilian J. St. George), A Trial on Trial 1946 1972 Editor and publisher of The Appeal to Reason 1969 Author, Operational Thinking for Survival 1977, Aug. 20 Died, Spring Valley, New York

From the guide to the Lawrence Dennis Papers, 1921-1975, (Hoover Institution Archives)