caption death_place birth_place nationality known_for image article_title name occupation
lorimer in 1922 wyncote , cheltenham township , pennsylvania louisville , kentucky , usa american the saturday evening post curtis publishing company file : george horace lorimer 1922.jpg george horace lorimer
 george horace lorimer journalist , author , editor
george horace lorimer

george horace lorimer -lrb- october 6 , 1867 -- october 22 , 1937 -rrb- was an american journalist and author .
he is best known as the editor of `` the saturday evening post '' .
during his editorial reign , the `` post '' rose from a circulation of several thousand to over a million .
he is credited with promoting or discovering a large number of american writers , e.g. jack london .
lorimer was born in louisville , kentucky , the son of the rev. george c. lorimer and belle burford lorimer .
he attended moseley high school in chicago , colby college , and yale university .
in 1899 he became editor-in-chief of `` the saturday evening post '' , and remained in charge until the last day of 1936 , about a year before his death from throat cancer .
he served also as vice president , president , and chairman of curtis publishing company , which published the `` post '' .
