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William Cowper Brann was an American editor, writer, publisher, and journalist. Brann stands among the most famous journalists in America of the late nineteenth century and he is also noted for his writings and publications in "The Iconoclast" magazine during the 1890s, which circulated not only in every state but also in 20 foreign countries.
Background
William Cowper Brann was born on January 4, 1855 in Humboldt, Illinois to Noble Jerome Brann and Angeline Kerns Brann. His mother died when he was about two and a half years old, and his father placed him in the care of William Hawkins, a farmer in the vicinity, who treated him with an almost fatherly care and kindness which Brann always remembered gratefully.
He hated the drudgery of farm life, however, and he had little opportunity for the education that he craved. So on a cold, stormy night when he was thirteen, he bundled up his few personal effects, climbed out of a window, and ran away.
Education
Brann had only three years of formal education.
Career
The first job William Brann found, after running away from his father's farm, was that of bellboy in a hotel. Later he was at various times a painter, salesman, printer, and journalist, finally obtaining a place with the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. All this time he was an omnivorous reader, devouring history, biography, philosophy, science, and fiction, and studying languages.
After another decade of dissatisfaction with his lot, he went to Texas, where the reputation he had earned in the North won a place for him on the staff of the Houston Post. He presently became its leading editorial writer, but his tendency to violent antipathies and caustic language did not suit the policy of so conservative a newspaper and brought him into conflict with the editor-in-chief. He was even threatened with discharge.
Finally, unable to adjust himself to rules or authority, he resigned and in July 1891 established in Austin a little monthly journal which he called the Iconoclast. It was evident from the start that the Iconoclast was to be a vent for the unbridled expression of his opinions. Editors were divided in opinion, most of them calling Brann a sensation-monger or a scoundrel, while some inclined to the view that he was a sincere, though radical, reformer. But his magazine had come too suddenly upon the public consciousness; the prevailing reaction toward it was one of repugnance, and it suspended publication after a few issues.
Brann then returned to the staff of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and also began lecturing. He remained only briefly in St. Louis, however, returning presently to Texas, where he served for two years as editor of the influential San Antonio Express. He also continued to lecture on such subjects as "Gall, " "Humbugs, " and "Iconoclasm, " having become popular at political and war veterans' meetings and even with literary and women's clubs.
In 1894 he sold the printing press which he still owned and the name Iconoclast to William Sydney Porter --"O. Henry"--who began using the word as the name of a humorous weekly. This seems to have stirred Brann's longing for free expression again; he resigned his position on the Express, persuaded Porter to resell the name to him, and set up his new enterprise in Waco, Porter rechristening his own paper the Rolling Stone.
Brann removed to Waco in the summer of 1894 and began republication of the Iconoclast in the following February. It was successful from the start, and at the time of his death, four years later, it had attained a widespread circulation of 90, 000.
Whether he was a sincere reformer or not, there was undoubtedly a streak of the fanatic in him, his vituperative language was at times unendurable, and on the Negro question it frequently descended below the level of decency. He quarrelled violently with Baylor University, a Baptist institution in Waco, and a mob of students once raided his office and attacked him.
One Colonel Gerald wrote a letter in his defense, which the editor of a Waco paper, J. W. Harris, refused to publish. This led to a fist fight between Gerald and Harris and then to a street gun-battle in 1897, in which Harris and his brother were killed and Gerald dangerously wounded. Brann was blamed for the trouble and seemed sobered for a time, but presently he began attacking the university again.
One of its patrons, Captain T. E. Davis, became so incensed that on April 1, 1898, as Brann was passing along a street, Davis stepped from a doorway and shot him in the back. Brann turned, drawing his own pistol, and he and his antagonist riddled each other with bullets. Both died on the following day. William Cowper Brann is buried in Waco's historic Oakwood Cemetery.
Achievements
William Brann became worldwide known after the establishment of the weekly journal which he named "the Iconoclast". This magazine obtained not only local but also international recognition, and by the time of Brann's sudden death, it attained a widespread circulation of 90, 000.
Branns himself was famous for his raw, biting humor that he used in his writings, as well as for corrosive satire, which became his trademark. For example, one of his targets was Baylor University, which was the prominent Baptist institution in Waco, Texas, and which he called “that great storm-center of misinformation. ” He was also famous for criticizing views of the wealthy eastern social elites and for attacking religious conservatism.
Brann was particularly noted for his writings attacking religious conservatism. He managed to curb his language slightly, though his theological views which he aired freely in the paper were shocking to the clergy. The owners of the paper upheld him. He was also an unrepentant racist, like many Texas journalists of the day, but neighboring Baylor University drew his most scathing attacks.
Personality
Quotes from others about the person
One commentator has remarked that "he took the worst possible view of everything", which is not quite true, though most of his comment was destructive. "Egotistical mental microbes, " "intellectual animalcul', " and "flatheaded old gander" were sample epithets that he flung about.
Connections
When Brann obtained his success as a reporter, he married on March 3, 1877 to Carrie Martin of Rochelle, Illinois. Brann was survived by his wife and by two of their children, Grace Gertrude and William Carlyle.
