Pringle, Henry F. (Henry Fowles), 1897-1958

Journalist and noted biographer of Al Smith, Theodore Roosvelt and William Howard Taft.

From the description of Letter to Lola L. Kovener, 1939 November 27. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 71842402

Journalist, historian, and government official.

From the description of Papers of Henry F. Pringle, 1932-1957 (bulk 1939-1946). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068960

Biographical Note

• 1897, Aug. 23: Born, New York, N.Y.
• 1920: B.A., Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
• 1922 - 1924 : Reporter, New York Globe
• 1924 - 1927 : Reporter, New York World
• 1926: Married Helena Huntington Smith (divorced 1944)
• 1927: Published Alfred E. Smith, a Critical Study. New York: Macy-Masius
• 1927 - 1931 : Associate editor, The Outlook 1931 Published Theodore Roosevelt, a Biography. New York: Harcourt, Brace 1932 Awarded Pulitzer Prize
• 1932 - 1936 : Associate in and professor of journalism, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
• 1939: Published The Life and Times of William Howard Taft. New York: Farrar & Rinehart. 2 vols
• 1942 - 1943 : Chief, production and publication divisions of the Office of Facts and Figures and Office of War Information
• 1944: Married Katharine Douglas
• 1944: Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship D.C.
• 1945 - 1946 : Consultant to United States Army Air Force and to secretary of war
• 1958, Apr. 7: Died, Washington, DC

From the guide to the Henry F. Pringle Papers, 1932-1957, (bulk 1939-1946), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)