Barton Currie
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| Born | Barton Wood Currie March 8, 1877 New York City |
| Died | May 7, 1962 (aged 85) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | Journalist, editor, book collector |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Spouse | Florence |
Barton Wood Currie (March 8, 1877 – May 7, 1962) was an American journalist, author, and book collector. Writer of hundreds of articles and stories for publications such as New York Evening World, New York Evening Sun, Harper's Weekly and Good Housekeeping in the early part of the 20th century, Currie went on to become the editor of Country Gentlemen, Ladies Home Journal, and World's Work. He also authored several books. Currie acquired an important collection of material related to Joseph Conrad when that author was out of favour in the 1920s.
Currie was born in New York City. He graduated from Harvard University in 1899.
Currie began his writing career in about 1905 at Joseph Pulitzer's New York Evening World, where he worked under Charles Chapin, the "Rose Man of Sing Sing" who shot and killed his wife. According to James Morris, "At the heart of Chapin's news-gathering operation remained his prize rewrite team. Barton Currie was his star".Albert Payson Terhune said, "He could take a bare handful of semi-statistical notes and turn them, on demand, either into a tensely dramatic or roaringly funny column story". One of his most memorable assignments for the New York Evening World was a report on the landing of Admiral Robert Peary in Labrador upon his historic return from the North Pole in 1909.
Currie was a staff reporter for the New York Evening Sun and New York Times, and also wrote for Harper's Weekly and Good Housekeeping (1909-1911). In all, he wrote hundreds of articles and stories.
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