John Adams Thayer

Background

Thayer, John Adams was born on February 20, 1861 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Adams and Arvilla (Skinner) Thayer.

Education

Education public and high schools, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Career

Printer and typefounder. Advisory manager Ladies’ Home Journal, 1892-1898. Advisory director The Delineator, 1889-1903.

In April 1903, joined in organizing The Ridgway-Thayer Company, publishers of Everybody’s Magazine.

Retired 1906; resided in Paris, 1906-1911. Publisher and owner, Smart Secretariat Magazine, 1911-1914.

Director general of Philippine Publicity in the United States, 1915. Executive officer Periodical Publishers’ Association America, 1917-1920.

Treasurer Borden Bookstack Company, 1927.

Consultant typographer and printing engineer, since 1928.

Achievements

• John Adams Thayer has been listed as a noteworthy publisher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member or chairman Westport Board of Finance, 1917-1927.

Connections

Married Marie East. Dickie, June 22, 1893.

Father:

John Adams Thayer

Mother:

Arvilla (Skinner) Thayer

Spouse:

Marie East. Dickie