About Howard Brubaker
Lived 1882 – 1957 (aged 74). Howard Brubaker was an American journalist and writer.
Howard Brubaker (June 26, 1882 – February 2, 1957) was an American magazine editor and writer.
Brubaker was born in Warsaw, Indiana and attended Indiana University. In 1902 he moved to New York, where he lived at the University Settlement House for several years before becoming an associate editor for Success from 1907 to 1911. He went on to become an editor for Collier's Weekly (1914–19) and The Liberator (1918–24) He was best known for "Of All Things", a by-liner column that ran weekly in The New Yorker magazine from 1925 to 1951.
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Who was Howard Brubaker?
American editor (1882-1957)
When was Howard Brubaker born?
Howard Brubaker was born on 26 June 1882 in Warsaw.
When did Howard Brubaker die?
Howard Brubaker died on 2 February 1957 in Greens Farms.
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Howard Brubaker was a journalist and writer.
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Howard Brubaker was American.
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