Background
Hobson, Francis Thayer was born on September 4, 1897 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Henry Wise and Katherine Sophia (Thayer) Hobson.
Hobson, Francis Thayer was born on September 4, 1897 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Son of Henry Wise and Katherine Sophia (Thayer) Hobson.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1920. Student Yale Graduate School, 1922-1924, Sorbonne, Paris, 1925.
Thayer, Peter Whiteside. Married Elizabeth Tonkin Davis, November 28, 1960. Associate with Atlas Paper Box Company, Philadelphia, 1920-1921.
Teacher of English, Westminster School, Simsbury, Connecticut, 1921-1922.
Assistant instructor English department, Yale College, 1922-1923. Associate with book public since 1926.
President William Morrow and Company, 1931-1958, Chairman of the Board, since 1958.
President William Sloane Associates, Incorporated., 1952-1958. President, director, George McKee Land and Investment Company, Incorporated. partner Thayer Hobson and Company, Greenwich, Connecticut.
Business manager of Deer Ledge Ranch, Comfort, Texas.
Served as sergeant French Army, 1917. Member Delta Kappa Epsilon, Skull and Bones. Clubs: The Players, Century Association (New York).
Married Isabelle Lavis Garrabrants, September 27, 1935. Married Elizabeth Tonkin Davis, November 28, 1960. Children: Timothy (by previous marriage).