Cyrus Curtis

Entrepreneur

Birthday June 18, 1850

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace Portland, ME

DEATH DATE Jun 7, 1933 (82)

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About

Influential 20th-century publisher of the Saturday Evening Post and Ladies' Home Journal.

Before Fame

His first newspaper and advertising jobs were as a teenager after his family lost their home to the Great Fire of Portland.

Trivia

He was inducted into the American Advertising Federation's Advertising Hall of Fame in 1999.

Family Life

He was married to Louisa Knapp and Kate Pillsbury. He had one daughter named Mary Louise.

Associated With

He was at one time wealthier than J.P. Morgan.