Harold ross biography

American journalist (1892–1951)

For the cultural anthropologist, see Harold M. Ross.

Harold Wallace Ross (November 6, 1892 – December 6, 1951) was an American journalist who co-founded The New Yorker magazine in 1925 with his wife Jane Grant, and was its editor-in-chief until his death.

Early life

Born in a prospector's cabin^[1] in Aspen, Colorado, Ross was the son of Scots-Irish^[2] immigrant miner George Ross and schoolteacher Ida (née Martin) Ross.^[3] When he was eight, the family left Aspen because of the collapse in the price of silver, moving to Redcliff and Silverton, Colorado, then to Salt Lake City, Utah.

In Utah, he worked on the high school paper (The West High Red & Black) and was a stringer for The Salt Lake Tribune, the city's leading daily newspaper. He dropped out of school at 13 and ran away to his uncle in Denver, where he worked for The Denver Post.

Though he returned to his family, he did not return