Edwin T. Earl

Edwin Tobias Earl (May 30, 1858 – January 2, 1919) was an American businessman, newspaper publisher and philanthropist.

Biography

Early life Edwin T. Earl was born on a fruit ranch near Red Bluff, California on May 30, 1858. His father was Joseph Earl and his mother, Adelia Chaffee. His brother was Guy Chaffee Earl. Ten years later, in 1911, he also purchased the Los Angeles Tribune.

He also invested in real estate in Los Angeles.

He was a Freemason, a member of the California Club and the Jonathan Club, two private member's clubs in Los Angeles, and the Bolsa Chica Gun Club. He was a member of the California Republican Party.

Philanthropy In 1901, he made a donation to the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California to start the Earl Lectures. For more than a hundred years, it has featured distinguished guest speakers like Theodore Roosevelt, Maya Angelou, Harry Emerson Fosdick and Cecil Williams.

Personal life He married Emily Jarvis Earl of Louisville, Kentucky on April 30, 1902. They had three sons, Jarvis, Edwin (1905–1981) and Chaffee, and one daughter, Emily. They resided in Los Angeles, California. He died on January 2, 1919, in Los Angeles.