Simplify the following text for a Grade 12 native English-speaking person.
Original: Horace Greeley ( February 3 , 1811 -- November 29 , 1872 ) was an American newspaper editor , a founder of the Liberal Republican Party , a reformer , and a politician .
Simplified: Horace Greeley ( February 3 , 1811 â `` November 29 , 1872 ) was an American newspaper editor , reformer and politician .