Frank Luther Mott

Mott, Frank Luther, 1886-1964, American author and professor of journalism, b. near What Cheer, Iowa. He directed (1927-42) the school of journalism at the State Univ. of Iowa and was dean (1942-51) of the school of journalism at the Univ. of Missouri. With John T. Frederick he edited and published (1925-30) the Midland. He then served (1930-35) as editor of Journalism Quarterly. His best-known works include American Journalism (rev. ed. 1950); The News in America (1952); and A History of American Magazines (4 vol., 1930-57), for which he was awarded (1939) the Pulitzer Prize in American history.

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See his Time Enough (1962), autobiographical essays.