horace greeley

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Definition of horace greeley in English English dictionary

born Feb. 3, 1811, Amherst, N.H., U.S. died Nov. 29, 1872, New York, N.Y., U.S. U.S. newspaper editor and political leader. Greeley was a printer's apprentice in Vermont before moving to New York City, where he edited a literary magazine and weeklies for the Whig Party. In 1841 he founded the highly influential New York Tribune, a daily paper dedicated to reforms, economic progress, and the elevation of the masses. He edited it for the rest of his life, becoming known especially for his articulation of antislavery sentiments in the 1850s. After the onset of the American Civil War in 1861, he pursued a politically erratic course. His unrealized lifelong ambitions for public office culminated in 1872 in an unsuccessful run for president on the Liberal Republican Party ticket

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Horace Greeley Hjalmar Schacht

born Jan. 22, 1877, Tinglev, Ger. died June 4, 1970, Munich, W.Ger. German financier. He served as vice director of the Dresdner Bank and director of the German National Bank before becoming a commissioner in the finance ministry (1923), where he developed a rigorous monetary program that halted German inflation and stabilized the mark. He became president of the Reichsbank (1923-30, 1933-39) and minister of economics (1934-37), but he was dismissed when he opposed Adolf Hitler's rearmament expenditure. Imprisoned after the July Plot against Hitler's life (1944), he was later captured by the Allies and acquitted at the Nürnberg trials. He later founded a bank in Düsseldorf and served as an international financial consultant

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Hor·ace Gree·ley

Turkish pronunciation

hôrıs grili

Pronunciation

/ˈhôrəs ˈgrēlē/ /ˈhɔːrəs ˈɡriːliː/