John Christian Freund

John Christian Freund (November 23, 1848 – June 3, 1924) was a British-American magazine publisher, playwright, and music critic. He founded several magazines, including The Music Trades. He won both the Carpenter Scholarship and the Times (London) Scholarship in open competitions. After selling the music newspaper, he spent a year in Colorado and New Mexico. He edited the Dolgeville Herald in Herkimer County, New York from 1891 to 1893.

Personal life In June 1872, John C Freund married Esther Barton Dewhurst in Chelsea, London, UK (source BDM UK). In 1887, Freund married Florence Smith of Boston, Massachusetts. They had one daughter, Florence Louise (born 1889). They divorced in 1890. He married Anna C. Hughes in 1890. Freud and Anna had two daughters: Annette (born 1896) and Marjorie (born 1904). The family lived at 760 West End Avenue in New York City.

He was a member of the National Geographic Society, National Civic Federation, the Pleiades Club, St. John's Guild, and the West End Association.

Freud died in Mount Vernon, New York in 1924 after a lingering illness.