Henry James Forman
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Henry James Forman (February 17, 1879 – January 3, 1966) was an American editor and author. He was famous for his 1933 book Our Movie Made Children, which was a summary of the Payne Fund Studies. The book has been described as an "alarmist tome", and was responsible for publicizing the study's more negative results.[1]
Early life and education
Henry James Forman was born February 17, 1879.[2]
He graduated from Harvard University, A.B. (with special distinction in Philosophy), 1903. Later, he attend Ecole des Hautes Etudes Sociales in Paris.[2]
Career
He was on the staff of the New York Sun, 1903-1905. During the summer of 1905, he was special correspondent for the New York Sun, with Pres. Roosevelt during the Russo-Japanese Peace Conference, and a member of the President's suite on board the U.S.S. Mayflower when the President brought together the Russian and Japanese envoys.[2]
He served as politics editor of the Literary Digest, December 1905 - October 1906; literary editor of Appleton's Magazine, July 1905 - October 1906; associate editor and general manager of the North American Review, 1906-10. In 1913, he was on the editorial staff of Collier's Weekly; 1914-18, managing editor of Collier's.[2]
He contributed to leading English and U.S. magazines. Forman was co-author of the Outline of Literature. He was the American delegate to Esperanto Congress, in Cambridge, England, 1907, and Dresden, 1908. In 1918-19, he served as the U.S. Agent of propaganda at Berne, Switzerland.[2]
Forman was author of: In the Footprints of Heino, 1910; The Ideal Italian Tour, 1911; London: An Intimate Picture, 1913; The Captain of His Soul, a novel, 1914; Prisoner of the World (with Margaret Mayo), a play, produced 1919; Fire of Youth, а novel, 1920; The Man Who Lived in a Shoe, novel, 1922; The Enchanted Garden, novel, 1925; Guilt, mystery story, 1924; Grecian Italy, travel, 1924.[2]
Personal life
He married Miriam Chase, 1911.[2]
He made his home in New York City.[2]
