AKA Herbert David Croly

Born: 23-Jan-1869
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 17-May-1930
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author, Editor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Promise of American Life

Father: David Goodman Croly (journalist, b. 1829, d. 1889)
Mother: Jane Cunningham ("Jennie June", author, b. 19-Dec-1829, d. 23-Dec-1901)
Wife: Louise Emory (socialite, m. 1892)

    University: City College of New York (attended 1884)
    University: Harvard University (attended 1886-88, dropped out)

    The New Republic Co-Founder, Editor (1914-30)
    Architectural Record Editor (1900-13)
    Stroke 1928 (paralytic)

Author of books:
The Promise of American Life (1909, nonfiction)
Marcus Alonzo Hanna: His Life and Work (1913, biography)
Progressive Democracy (1914, nonfiction)
Willard Straight (1924, biography)

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