Francis Pharcellus Church

Journalist

Birthday February 22, 1839

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Birthplace New York

DEATH DATE Apr 11, 1906 (67)

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About

Editor, journalist, and publisher who established the Army and Navy Journal and, three years later, the Galaxy Magazine. He penned the well-known 1897 editorial "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus."

Before Fame

He attended Columbia University during the late 1850s.

Trivia

His legendary editorial appeared in The New York Sun, a newspaper that was, at the time, headed by his brother.

Family Life

He and his brother William Conant Church collaborated on several New York publishing projects.

Associated With

He and Andrew Carnegie were both buried in New York's Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

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