Edward Alden Jewell (March 10, 1888 – October 11, 1947) was an American newspaper and magazine editor, art critic and novelist. He was the ''New York Times'' art editor from July 1936 until his death.

Early life

Born in

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, E. A. Jewell was the eldest of four children born to Frank Jewell and Jenny Agnes Osterhout."Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3L4-BHY : 18 February 2021), Ira B. Dalrymple and Agnes Jewell, 4 Nov 1913; citing Marriage, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4209234."California, County Marriages, 1850-1952", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8FN-NZJ : 17 August 2022), Foster Jewell and Rhoda Adelaide Snyder, 1937."Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ9H-2MM : 18 February 2021), Donald Clark Jewell and Dorothy Jeanette Collier, 30 Nov 1922; citing Marriage, Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4032401. After attending high school in Grand Rapids, Jewell studied at the

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in Washington, D.C. Between the ages of 8 and 22, Jewell displayed intense interest in the theatre and acting, and toured for a time with the Kansas City-based stage actor Louis James.

Career

After studying abroad in 1910 and 1911, Jewell worked as a reporter and later drama critic at the '' Grand Rapids Herald'', a paper whose then-proprietor was his uncle, Senator William Alden Smith, to whom Jewell later served as secretary in 1914 and 1915. In 1915, Jewell worked briefly at '' The New York Tribune'' before becoming managing editor of the '' World Court Magazine'' the following year. in 1916 and 1917, he was an associate editor at ''

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'' before returning to the ''Tribune'' as Sunday editor. Jewell's first novel, ''The Charmed Circle'', was evidently well regarded, receiving favorable reviews from

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in '' Bookman'' and H. W. Boynton in ''

The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publis ...

''. Beginning in 1925, Jewell was employed as both an editor and contributor by '' The New York Times Sunday Magazine'', and in 1928 became the assistant to the ''Times'' art critic Elisabeth Luther Cary. Jewell succeeded Cary in that role at the time of her death in 1936.

Death

After being stricken by an undisclosed illness on the night of October 11, 1947, Jewell died while being transported from his East 55th Street Manhattan address to Metropolitan Hospital on

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. He was survived by former wife Manette Lansing Carpenter and their daughter Marcia, both then living in California. As per his instructions, there was no funeral and Jewell's remains were cremated at the Fresh Pond Crematory in Queens.

Works

Fiction

Novels

*
The Charmed Circle: A Comedy
' (1921) *
The White Kami: A Novel
' (1922) *
The Moth Decides: A Novel
' (1922)

Short stories

"Night-Letter to Louisville"
''

The Century Magazine ''The Century Magazine'' was an illustrated monthly magazine first published in the United States in 1881 by The Century Company of New York City, which had been bought in that year by Roswell Smith and renamed by him after the Century Associati ...

'', April 1923; Vol. 105, No. 6, pp. 833–846
"Their Little Point of Honor; An American Story"
''World Fiction'', October 1922, pp. 111–120

Non-fiction

Books

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Have We an American Art?
'. New York: Longmans, Green & Company. 1939.

Articles

"The Future for Poetry in America: An Interview with Amy Lowell"
''The Editor''. January 15, 1916. Vol. 43, No. 2. pp. 65–68
"A Philosophy Close to the Earth"
''The World Court, A Magazine of International Progress, Volume 1''. January 1916, Vol. 1, No. 6., pp. 280–281
"Japan's Tremendous Mistake"
''National Magazine''. July, 1916. Vol. XLIV, No. 4. pp. 644–646
"The Lost Japan"
''

The Nation ''The Nation'' is a progressive American monthly magazine that covers political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis. It was founded on July 6, 1865, as a successor to William Lloyd Garrison's '' The Liberator'', an abolitionist newspaper ...

''. September 19, 1923. Vol. 117, No. 3037, pp. 287–289

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