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Lorimer, George Horace, 1868-1937

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George Horace Lorimer (1869-1937) was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of the Rev. George Lorimer and Belle Burford Lorimer. He attended Moseley High School in Chicago, Colby College, and Yale University.[1] In 1899 he became editor-in-chief of The Saturday Evening Post, and remained in charge until his death. He served also as vice president, president, and chairman of Curtis Publishing Company, which published the Post.

Most of Lorimer Park, a 213-acre public park located in Abington Township, Pennsylvania, was a bequest from the Lorimer family to the citizens of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

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  1. ^ http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/LitMap/bios/Lorimer__George_Horace.html

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The False Gods
Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son Being the Letters written by John Graham, Head of the House of Graham & Company, Pork-Packers in Chicago, familiarly known on 'Change as 'Old Gorgon Graham,' to his Son, Pierrepont, facetiously known to his intimates as 'Piggy.'
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