Edmund Huxley Harvey

Background

Harvey, Edmund Huxley was born on October 27, 1934 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Edmund Huxley and Margaret Howland Silliman Harvey.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in English, Harvard, 1956.

Career

Writer, Street & Smith, New York City, 1956-1958; associate, J.F. McCrindle Literature Agency, New York City, 1958-1959; writer, Doubleday & Company. New York City, 1959-1961; associate editor, Western Publs., New York City, 1961-1962; associate editor, Science World, Scholastic Magazines, New York City, 1962-1965; managing editor, Science World, Scholastic Magazines, New York City, 1971; editor, Science World, Scholastic Magazines, New York City, 1972-1976; associate editorial director social studies and science, Scholastic Magazines, 1976-1977; editorial director, Scholastic Magazines, 1977-1985; acting editor, Update, 1983-1985. Free-lance writer, New York City, 1965-1967.

Senior editor Reader's Digest General Books, New York City, 1967-1971. Independent editing, public services, 1985-1990. Senior staff editor Reader's Diges General Books, New York City, since 1991.

Achievements

• Edmund Huxley Harvey has been listed as a noteworthy Editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The quest of Michael Faraday,
  • The quest of Archimedes,

Membership

Special assistant to the United States Senator John V. Tunney of California, 1972.

Connections

Married Nancy Day Brill, June 11, 1955 (divorced 1970). Children— Christopher LeRoy, Edmund Fenn, Abigail Day, Jonathan Easton. Married Gail Stephenson Dravneek, October 10, 1970.

Children— Hannah Stephenson, Caroline Fletcher.

Father:

Edmund Huxley

Mother:

Margaret Howland Silliman Harvey

Spouse:

Nancy Day Brill

Spouse:

Gail Stephenson Dravneek