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Hearst Family
The Hearst family is a wealthy American family based in California. Their fortune was originally earned in the mining industry during the late 19th century under the entrepreneurial leadership of George Hearst. George's son, William Randolph Hearst, subsequently used his father's wealth to build a mass media empire comprising the ''New York Evening Journal'', ''Cosmopolitan'', ''Good Housekeeping'', ''Town & Country'' and ''Harper's Bazaar'' among others. To this day, the Hearst family continues to be involved in the media industry through their ownership and control of the mass media conglomerate, Hearst Communications. Members *George Hearst **William Randolph Hearst *** George Randolph Hearst **** George Randolph Hearst Jr. ***** George Randolph Hearst III **** Phoebe Hearst Cooke *** William Randolph Hearst Jr. ****William Randolph Hearst III **** John Augustine Hearst *** John Randolph Hearst ****John Randolph “Bunky” Hearst Jr. *****Lisa Hearst Hagerman **** William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Monaghan
County Monaghan ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of Border Region, Border strategic planning area of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Monaghan. Monaghan County Council is the Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authority for the county. The population of the county was 65,288, according to the 2022 census. The county has existed since 1585 when the Mac Mathghamhna rulers of Airgíalla agreed to join the Kingdom of Ireland. Following the 20th-century Irish War of Independence and the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, Monaghan was one of three Ulster counties to join the Irish Free State rather than Northern Ireland. Geography and subdivisions County Monaghan is the fifth-smallest of the Republic's 26 counties by area, and the fourth smallest by population. It is the smallest of Ulster's nine counties in terms of population. Baronies * Cremorne (ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Randolph Hearst Jr
William Randolph Hearst Jr. (January 27, 1908 – May 14, 1993) was an American businessman, newspaper publisher and member of the wealthy Hearst family. He was the second son of the publisher William Randolph Hearst. He became editor-in-chief of Hearst Newspapers after the death of his father in 1951. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his interview with Soviet premier, Nikita Khrushchev, and associated commentaries in 1955. Early life and education Hearst was born on January 27, 1908, in Manhattan, New York City, to William Randolph Hearst and his wife, Millicent Willson. Hearst attended the University of California, Berkeley, and was a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Career Hearst was instrumental in restoring some measure of family control to the Hearst Corporation, which under his father's will is (and will continue to be while any grandchild alive at William Randolph Hearst Sr.'s death in 1951 is still living) controlled by a board of thirteen trustees, five fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Brisbane
Arthur Brisbane (December 12, 1864 – December 25, 1936) was one of the best-known American newspaper editors of the 20th century, as well as a real estate investor. Biography Brisbane was born in Buffalo, New York, to Albert Brisbane (1809–1890), an American utopian socialist who is remembered as the chief popularizer of the theories of Charles Fourier in the United States. Albert was the author of several books, including ''Social Destiny of Man'' (1840), as well as the Fourierist periodical ''The Phalanx''. He also founded the Fourierist Society in New York in 1839, and backed several other phalanx communes in the 1840s and 1850s. Arthur was educated in the United States and Europe. Career In 1882, he began work as a newspaper reporter and editor in New York City, first at the ''Sun'' and later at Joseph Pulitzer's ''New York World''. Hired away from Pulitzer by William Randolph Hearst, he became editor of the ''New York Journal'' and Hearst's close friend. His syndic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Block
Paul Block (November 2, 1875 – June 22, 1941) was president of Paul Block and Associates (later Block Communications) and publisher of the ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', '' The Toledo Blade'', and a dozen other newspapers.Jewish Journal: "Services Held for Paul Block, Famous Publisher" June 24, 1941 Biography Block was born on November 2, 1875, to a poor family in , |
Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – ) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. His book '' The Devil's Dictionary'' was named one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. His story " An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" has been described as "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American literature", and his book '' Tales of Soldiers and Civilians'' (also published as ''In the Midst of Life'') was named by the Grolier Club one of the 100 most influential American books printed before 1900. A prolific and versatile writer, Bierce was regarded as one of the most influential journalists in the United States and as a pioneering writer of realist fiction. For his horror writing, Michael Dirda ranked him alongside Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft. S. T. Joshi speculates that he may well be the greatest satirist America has ever produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard E
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include " Richie", " Dick", " Dickon", " Dickie", " Rich", " Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", " Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English (the name was introduced into England by the Normans), German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Portuguese and Spanish "Ricardo" and the Italian "Riccardo" (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Hearst
Amanda Randolph Hearst (born January 5, 1984), sometimes called Amanda Hearst Rønning, is an American model, socialite, and heiress of the Hearst family. Family and early life Amanda Hearst is the daughter of Anne Hearst, the niece of Patty Hearst, and the great-granddaughter of media mogul William Randolph Hearst. Her father, Richard McChesney, separated from her mother before Hearst's birth, with her being the only child from the marriage. She is also the stepdaughter of novelist Jay McInerney and a cousin of Lydia Hearst-Shaw. Hearst attended the Chapin School in New York City and graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall, a boarding school. After a brief stint at Boston College, she dropped out to pursue modeling. She was eventually persuaded to return to school, and she attended Fordham University, graduating in 2008 with a B.A. A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an underg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Hearst
Anne Randolph Hearst (born July 29, 1955) is an American socialite, philanthropist, and publishing heiress of the wealthy Hearst family."Weddings and Celebrations: Anne Hearst, Jay McInerney", ''The New York Times'', 3 December 2006"The Randolph Hearsts Are Bitter", ''The New York Times'', 29 January 1976 Hearst is a contributing editor of ''Town & Country'' magazine. Early life Hearst is one of the five daughters of Randolph Apperson Hearst (1915–2000), former president of ''The San Francisco Examiner'', and his first wife, the former Catherine Wood Campbell. She is the granddaughter of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst. Patty Hearst, who was kidnapped in 1974 by members of the Symbionese Liberation Army, is one of her sisters. She was educated at the Crystal Springs Uplands School and Regis College in Denver, Colorado. Personal life Hearst has been married three times; Her first husband was Richard McChesney. The couple separated soon after their marriage, and duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lydia Hearst
Lydia Marie Hearst-Shaw (born September 19, 1984) is an American fashion model, actress, socialite, and lifestyle blogger. She is a great-granddaughter of newspaper publisher and politician William Randolph Hearst and a daughter of the author and actress Patty Hearst. Early life and education Hearst-Shaw was born in 1984, the daughter of actress Patty Hearst and Bernard L. Shaw, a former San Francisco police officer. She is of Irish and Scots-Irish descent through her mother, and is a member of the Hearst family. She attended Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut until 2003, when she began fashion modeling. Career Magazines and fashion shows Photographer Steven Meisel "discovered" Hearst and shot her first magazine cover for ''Vogue Italia'' in April 2004. Since then, she has appeared internationally on a variety of magazine covers such as ''Vogue'', ''Harper's Bazaar'', ''Elle'', ''Marie Claire'', '' GQ'', ''L'Officiel'', and ''Esquire''. She has worked with se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patty Hearst
Patricia Campbell Hearst (born February 20, 1954) is an American actress and member of the Hearst family. She is the granddaughter of American publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst. She first became known for the events following her 1974 kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army. She was found and arrested 19 months after being abducted, by which time she was a fugitive wanted for serious crimes committed with members of the group. She was held in custody, and there was speculation before trial that her family's resources would enable her to avoid time in prison. At her trial, the prosecution suggested that Hearst had joined the Symbionese Liberation Army of her own volition. However, she testified that she had been raped and threatened with death while held captive. In 1976, she was convicted for the crime of bank robbery and sentenced to 35 years in prison, later reduced to seven years. Her sentence was commuted by President Jimmy Carter, and she was later pardoned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randolph Apperson Hearst
Randolph Apperson Hearst (December 2, 1915 – December 18, 2000) was a newspaper publisher and member of the wealthy Hearst family. He was the fourth of five sons of William Randolph Hearst and Millicent Hearst as well as the father of Patty Hearst. Early life Randolph Apperson Hearst was born on December 2, 1915, with his twin brother, David (1915–1986), to Millicent Hearst and William Randolph Hearst in New York City. He attended the Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, and attended Harvard University for one year. Career After graduating, Hearst joined the family business, the Hearst Corporation. In the late 1930s, he worked for '' The Atlanta Georgian'', one of the Hearst family's papers. After the Georgian was sold in 1940, he moved to San Francisco and worked on '' The San Francisco Call''. In 1942, he joined the United States Army Air Forces's Air Transport Command and rose to the rank of captain. After leaving the Army, he became an associate publis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Randolph Hearst II
William Randolph Hearst II (born 1942) is an American businessman and a member of the Hearst family. He is the son of business executive John Randolph Hearst and the grandson of publisher William Randolph Hearst III. Life and career Hearst attended the University of San Francisco, where he studied business. In 1966, he married Jennifer Erica Carolyn Gooch. During the 1974 kidnapping of Patty Heart by the Symbionese Liberation Army, Hearst's roommate was kidnapped and held hostage after being mistaken for Hearst. Hearst was the executive producer of "A Voyage with Shakespeare with Francis Edmunds," a production at Emerson College in East Sussex from 1985 to 1987. As of 1987, Hearst was living in Britain and was a certified Waldorf school teacher. He has been involved in legal disputes over the Hearst family estate, alongside his cousin Patty Hearst. In 2006, Hearst founded Regenesis Power, a solar energy company.https://www.law360.com/articles/480513/ex-hearst-partner-says-ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
