Parsons, Geoffrey, 1879-1956

Geoffrey Parsons, American newspaperman and author, chief editorial writer of the New York Herald Tribune from 1924 to 1952. In 1929, with the encouragement of Allan Nevins and the publishing firm of Dodd, Mead & Co., he began research for a biography of President William McKinley, never completed.

From the description of Papers of Geoffrey Parsons, 1876-1937 (bulk 1929-1937). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122540529

Journalist, lawyer.

From the description of Reminiscences of Geoffrey Parsons : oral history, 1949. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309731223

Journalist and author.

Parsons was chief editorial writer for The New York Herald Tribune from 1924 until 1952, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1942. Earlier he had been an editorial writer for The Sun from 1901 until 1913 when he joined the Herald Tribune.

From the description of Papers, ca.1919-1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122632687