Henry R. Luce
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Media, Journalism, Journalists
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present
Article abstract: Luce established a powerful journalistic empire with magazines such as Time, which took survey of all the world, and used this power to influence American politics and foreign policy for almost four decades.
Early Life
Henry Robinson Luce was born in China, the son of American Presbyterian missionaries. His early years were spent in the relative isolation of a missionary compound, where he lived with a few dozen Westerners and their Chinese servants. In 1900, the Luce family and other missionaries fled to Korea because of the Boxer...
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