Duncan Norton-Taylor
Duncan Norton-Taylor | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1904 |
| Died | September 13, 1982 |
| Cause of death | stroke |
| Education | Brown University |
| Occupation(s) | journalist, editor |
| Years active | 1939-1965 |
| Employer(s) | Time, Fortune |
| Spouse | Margaret Scott |
| Children | Susan Norton-Taylor May, Nancy Norton-Taylor Tomson, Joan Norton-Taylor |
Duncan Norton-Taylor was an American journalist who was a senior editor at Time magazine and managing editor at Fortune magazine from the 1940s through the 1960s.[1]
Career
After graduating Brown University, where he worked at The Brown Jug, Norton-Taylor began work as a newspaper reporter.[1] He joined Time as a writer in 1939, the same year as his long-time colleague and friend, Whittaker Chambers. Norton-Taylor and Chambers both rose to become senior editors.[1] In 1951, he became an editor at Fortune. In 1959, he became Fortune's managing editor.[1]In 1965, he stepped down and joined Fortune's board of editors.[1]
In 2012, Fortune republished an article by Norton-Taylor called "How Top Executives Live" from 1955.[2]
Personal
Norton-Taylor married Margaret Scott. They had three daughters: Susan Norton-Taylor May, Nancy Norton-Taylor Tomson, and Joan Norton-Taylor. He lived in Oxford, Maryland in retirement from 1967 onwards.[1] He died on Monday, September 13, 1982, at Memorial Hospital in nearby Easton, Maryland, after a stroke, aged 78. Surviving him were his wife, daughters, and nine grandchildren.[1]
His great-grandson, Scott Laudati,[3] is the author of "Hawaiian Shirts In The Electric Chair",[4] a book of poetry published in 2014 by Kuboa Press.
Works
Norton-Taylor wrote and edited more than half a dozen books.
Books written
- With My Heart in My Mouth (1944)[5]
- I Went to See for Myself (1945)[6]
- God's Man: A Novel on the Life of John Calvin (1979)[7]
Books edited
- Cold Friday by Whittaker Chambers, edited and with an introduction by Duncan Norton-Taylor (1964)[8][9]
- The Celts, Duncan Norton-Taylor and the editors of Time-Life Books (1974)[10]
- For Some, the Dream Came True: The Best from 50 years of Fortune Magazine, selected and edited by Duncan Norton-Taylor (1981)[11]
Adaptations
- Beautiful but Young: A Contest Selection by Olive White Fortenbacher, arranged from Duncan Norton-Taylor's story of the same name (1932)[12]
See also
- Time magazine
- Fortune magazine
- Whittaker Chambers
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Duncan Norton-Taylor Dies; A Retired Editor of Fortune". New York Times. 18 September 1982.
- ^ Norton-Taylor, Duncan (1955). "How Top Executives Live". Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ Medium. https://medium.com/@scottlaudati
- ^ Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Hawaiian-Shirts-Electric-Chair-Laudati/dp/0692338519/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1430471934&sr=8-1&keywords=scott+laudati
- ^ "With My Heart in My Mouth". Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ "I Went to See for Myself". Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ "God's Man: A Novel on the Life of John Calvin". Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ Chambers, Whittaker (1964). Cold Friday. Random House. p. 128. ISBN 0-394-41969-3.
- ^ "Cold Friday". Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ "The Celts". Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ "For Some, the Dream Came True: The Best from 50 years of Fortune Magazine". Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ "Beautiful but young, a contest selection, arranged from Duncan..." Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 February 2013.