Robert T. Elson

Robert T. Elson (1891–1975) was a 20th-Century American writer, editor, and executive for Time Inc..^[1]

Background[]

Career[]

Elson worked for two decades as a Canadian newspaper reporter.^[1]

In 1943, he joined Time, Inc., and held a variety of editorial and executive positions at Time, Fortune and Life magazines.^[1]

In 1968, he published a corporate-approved history called Time Inc.: The Intimate History of a Publishing Enterprise , edited by Duncan Norton-Taylor.

He retired in 1969.^[1]

Personal and death[]

Elson had two sons and three daughter, including Time writer John T. Elson.^[1]

He died age 80 of complications following a stroke on March 11, 1987, at Southampton Hospital on Long Island.^[1]

Works[]

Time Inc.: The Intimate History of a Publishing Enterprise (1968)^[2]
Prelude to War (1976)^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "The Press: The Man Who Made LIFE". Time. 8 September 1975. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
^ Elson, Robert T. (1968). Duncan Norton-Taylor (ed.). Time Inc.; the intimate history of a publishing enterprise. New York: Atheneum. LCCN 68016868.
^ Robert T. Elson, ed. (1976). Prelude to war. New York: Time-Life Books. LCCN 76010024.

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[LATobit-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "The Press: The Man Who Made LIFE". Time. 8 September 1975. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

[2] Elson, Robert T. (1968). Duncan Norton-Taylor (ed.). Time Inc.; the intimate history of a publishing enterprise. New York: Atheneum. LCCN 68016868.

[3] Robert T. Elson, ed. (1976). Prelude to war. New York: Time-Life Books. LCCN 76010024.

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