Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Pulitzer, Joseph

PULITZER, JOSEPH, an American journalist; born in Budapest, Hungary, April 10, 1847. When quite young he came to the United States; served in the Civil War; and found a home in St. Louis, Mo. He began journalism as reporter on the &ldquo;Westliche Post,&rdquo; of which he afterward became editor and chief proprietor. He was well known in that city as a politician, legislator and Congressman. In 1878 he assumed control of the St. Louis &ldquo;Post-Dispatch,&rdquo; and in 1883 purchased the New York &ldquo;World.&rdquo; He endowed a School of Journalism at Columbia University (1903) and gave large sums for educational and philanthropic purposes. He died in 1911.