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Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919

1836-1919

Henry Mills Alden was born on November 11, 1836, in Mount Tabor, Vermont.

He was an American author and editor of Harper's Magazine from 1869 until 1919. In 1860, he graduated from the Andover Theological Seminary, but never entered the ministry. During his studies, he was supplementing his income by writing articles for The New York Times and The New York Evening Post. A year later his affiliation with Harper & Brothers began. He became assistant editor of Harper's Weekly, and in 1869, he was made editor of Harper's Magazine, the position he held until his death. In addition to the monthly essays which appeared in Harper's Magazine under the title of "The Editor's Study", Alden was the author of three books, "Magazine Writing and the New Literature," "God in his World," and "A Study of Death".

In 1861, he married Susan Frye Foster (d. 1895). In 1900, he re-married Ada Beatrice Foster. He died on October 7, 1919, in New York City, New York.