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Pulitzer, Joseph, 1847-1911

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Personal name headingPulitzer, Joseph, 1847-1911
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Variant(s)József, Politzer, 1847-1911
Biography/History noteJoseph Pulitzer (1847-1911) was a Hungarian American newspaper publisher.
LocatedSaint Louis, Mo.
Birth date1847-04-10
Death date1911-10-29
Place of birthMakó, Hungary
Place of deathCharleston, S.C.
Profession or occupationnewspaper publisher
reporter
soldier
Found inHeaton, J.L. The story of a page ... 1913.
Brian, D. Pulitzer, 2001: CIP t.p. (Pulitzer) galley (Joseph Pulitzer; b. Apr. 10, 1847, in Mako, Hungary; became American citizen, Mar. 6, 1867; d. 1911)
Wikipedia, Sept. 1, 2011 (Joseph Pulitzer; Politzer József; b. April 10, 1847 in Makó, Hungary; emigrated to the United States in 1864; served in the cavalry; took a job as a reporter for the Westliche Post in St. Louis, Missouri, 1868; elected to the state legislature, 1869; purchased the St. Louis Dispatch and the St. Louis Post, merging the papers to form the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1879; purchased the New York World newspaper, 1883; d. October 29, 1911 on his yacht in Charleston Harbor, Charleston, S.C.)
Associated languageeng