Duncan Norton-Taylor

Duncan Norton-Taylor
Born 1904
Died September 13, 1982
Easton, Maryland
Cause of death stroke
Residence Oxford, Maryland
Education Brown University
Occupation journalist, editor
Years active 1939-1965
Employer Time, Fortune
Spouse(s) 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

Books edited

Adaptations

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Duncan Norton-Taylor Dies; A Retired Editor of Fortune". New York Times. 18 September 1982.
  2. ↑ Norton-Taylor, Duncan (1955). "How Top Executives Live". Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  3. ↑ Medium. https://medium.com/@scottlaudati
  4. ↑ 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
  5. ↑ "With My Heart in My Mouth". Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "I Went to See for Myself". Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  7. ↑ "God's Man: A Novel on the Life of John Calvin". Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  8. ↑ Chambers, Whittaker (1964). Cold Friday. Random House. p. 128. ISBN 0-394-41969-3.
  9. ↑ "Cold Friday". Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  10. ↑ "The Celts". Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  11. ↑ "For Some, the Dream Came True: The Best from 50 years of Fortune Magazine". Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  12. ↑ "Beautiful but young, a contest selection, arranged from Duncan...". Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
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