Michael Henry de Young (September 30, 1849 – February 15, 1925) was an American journalist and businessman.
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Biography
De Young was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Amelia (née Morange) and Miechel de Young (originally either DeJong or DeJongh), who was a jeweler and dry-goods merchant. The family was Jewish, of Dutch Jewish descent.[1][2] He moved with his family to San Francisco, California while he was still young. There, he and his brother, Charles de Young, founded the Daily Dramatic Chronicle newspaper, first published on January 16, 1865. The Chronicle was the predecessor of the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco's only remaining daily broadsheet newspaper. De Young was also the director of the Associated Press for many years.
In 1884, he was shot by an irate businessman, Adolph B. Spreckels, apparently due to a negative newspaper article, but survived. M. H. de Young died on February 15, 1925 and a Catholic Church mass was held in St. Mary's Cathedral.[3]
Legacy
The M. H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park is named in his honor.
De Young was the great-great-grandfather of actor Max Thieriot.
References
- ^ Adams, Charles F. (2005). Murder By The Bay: Historic Homicide In And About The City Of San Francisco. San Francisco: Quill Driver Books. pp. 59. ISBN1884995462. http://books.google.com/books?id=Lfw1vdIQ51oC&dq=.
- ^ Brechin, Gray (1999). Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin. University of California Press. pp. 172. ISBN0520229029. http://books.google.com/books?id=lGJq8nWqY-oC&dq=.
- ^ "Publisher of San Francisco Chronicle Buried With Simplest Rites". New York Times. February 19, 1925. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00811FA3A5F17738DDDA00994DA405B858EF1D3. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
External links
- M. H. de Young biography at BookRags.com
- M. H. de Young at Find a Grave
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