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Harvey, George Cockburn was born in 1858 in Thornby, England. Son of George Cockburn and Mary (Barr) Harvey.
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George Cockburn Harvey
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Educated Cheltenham College and University of Oxford.
Career
Rancher in Arizona, later farmer and horse breaker in England. Contributing editor University Encyclopedia, 1897. Associate editor New Standard Dictionary, 1898, 1912, and with American Book Company until 1914.
War work in England, 1914-1919. Returned to the United States, 1920. Associate editor College Standard Dictionary.
Editorial Staff The John C. Winston Company, 1923-1927. Member of staff The Encyclopedia Britannica, since 1927. Correspondent Empire Mail.
Author: Famous Four-Footed Friends, 1916. Also many short stories. (plays) Birds of a Feather, Hallucinations, Wanted—A Groom, Sally’s Rival, The Dilemma, etc.
Editor: Robin Hood, 1923. Black Beauty, 1927. Home: New York, New York.
Membership
Member of staff The Encyclopedia Britannica, since 1927.
Connections
Married Josephine Palmer.
