John Charles Martin
John Charles Martin | |
|---|---|
Martin (right) with Cyrus Curtis in 1930 | |
| Born | August 31, 1882 Hagerstown, Maryland, US |
| Died | June 26, 1966 (aged 83) La Jolla, California, US |
| Occupation | Newspaper publisher |
| Spouse |
Alice W. Pillsbury
(m. 1909; died 1965) |
John Charles Martin (1882–1966) was an American newspaper publisher. Beginning in 1913, ran the newspapers purchased by his step father-in-law Cyrus Curtis, including the Public Ledger, the New York Evening Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and four others.[1][2] In 1931, an insurance industry magazine published a listing of Americans carrying the most life insurance; Martin was second on the list with $6,540,000 in insurance, after Pierre Samuel du Pont with $7 million.[3]
Biography
John Charles Martin was born in Hagerstown, Maryland on August 31, 1882.[4]
He married Alice Wedgwood Pillsbury on April 12, 1909, and they had five children.[4][5]
He died in La Jolla, California on June 26, 1966.[6]
Martin's former estate in Wyncote, Pennsylvania now houses the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.
References
- ^ Anonymous. After Curtis. Time, Monday, July 17, 1933
- ^ Anonymous (March 17, 1930). "Again, Curtis-Martin". Time. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2008.
- ^ Anonymous. Names make news. Time, Monday, September 21, 1931. [1]
- ^ a b Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed. (1934). Who's Who in America. The A. N. Marquis Company. p. 1560. Retrieved January 5, 2026 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Again, Curtis-Martin". Time. Vol. XV, no. 11. March 17, 1930. p. 38. Retrieved January 5, 2026 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Obituaries: John C. Martin". San Francisco Chronicle. June 29, 1966. p. 38. Archived from the original on January 6, 2026. Retrieved January 5, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.