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Persoonlijke gegevens William Randolph Hearst [HKnx DNA 78] 

• Hij is geboren op 29 april 1863 in San Fransico, California.
• Hij is overleden op 14 augustus 1951 in Beverly Hills, California, hij was toen 88 jaar oud.
• Een kind van George E. Hearst en Phoebe E. Apperson
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 17 augustus 2023.

Gezin van William Randolph Hearst [HKnx DNA 78]

(1) Hij is getrouwd met Millicent Veronica Willson.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 28 april 1903 te N.Y., N.Y, hij was toen 39 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. George Randolph Hearst  1904-1972 
2. William Randolph Hearst  1908-1995 
3. John Randolph Hearst  1910-1958 
4. (Niet openbaar)
5. Randolph Apperson Hearst  1915-2000 

(2) Hij is getrouwd met Marian Davies.

Zij zijn getrouwd Never married.

Gebeurtenis (Friends ) in het jaar 1917.

Notities over William Randolph Hearst [HKnx DNA 78]

http://www.hearstcastle.org/history/william_r_hearst.asp

William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) William Randolph Hearst, the man behind Hearst Castle, is an important figure from the twentieth century whose influence extended to publishing, politics, Hollywood, the art world and everyday American life. His power and vision allowed him to pursue one of the most ambitious architectural endeavors in American history, the result of which can be seen in magnificent grounds and structures of Hearst Castle.

Mr. Hearst was born on April 29, 1863, in San Francisco, California, as the only child of George and Phoebe Hearst. His father being a wealthy man as a result of various mining interests, young William had the opportunity to see and experience the world as few do.

At the age of ten Hearst and his mother toured Europe, gathering ideas and inspiration from the grandeur and scale of castles, art and history. This experience fueled Hearst's life long aspiration to recreate this majesty for his own enjoyment.

Back in the United States, Hearst was enrolled in St. Paul's Preparatory School in Concord, New Hampshire at the age of 16. After graduation, Mr. Hearst continued his education at Harvard where he showed the first signs of becoming a future publishing tycoon. At Harvard, he excelled in journalism and acted as the business manager of the Harvard Lampoon. His election to the "Hasty Pudding" theatrical group revealed his talent and interest in drama.

During his time at Harvard, his father George acquired the San Francisco Examiner as payment for a gambling debt. Soon after, the young Hearst pleaded with his father to turn over the paper to his authority. In 1887 the older Hearst relented and relinquished control to his ambitious son. Shortly after, William Randolph Hearst purchased another newspaper, the New York Journal which would become the second in a long list of newspaper holdings that Hearst acquired in the next decade of his life. At his peak he owned over two dozen newspapers nationwide; in fact, nearly one in four Americans got their news from a Hearst paper.

In 1903, Mr. Hearst married Millicent Willson in New York City. The couple had five sons together during their marriage: George, William Randolph Jr., John and twins Randolph and David.

Their honeymoon drive across the European continent inspired Mr. Hearst to launch his first magazine, Motor. Motor became the foundation for another publishing endeavor that is currently known as Hearst Magazines.

Hearst's interest in politics led him to election to the United States House of Representatives as a Congressman from New York in 1902. After reelection in 1904, he unsuccessfully pursued the New York Governorship in 1906.

Following his short political career, Hearst continued his endeavors in publishing and communications. In the 1920's he started one of the first print-media companies to enter radio broadcasting and in the 1940's he was an early pioneer of television. Mr. Hearst was a major producer of movie newsreels with his company Hearst Metrotone News, and is widely credited with creating the comic strip syndication business. His King Features Syndicate today is the largest distributor of comics and text features in the world. In his career, William Hearst produced over 100 films including, The Perils of Pauline, The Exploits of Elaine and The Mysteries of Myra.

In addition to his successful business endeavors, Mr. Hearst amassed a vast and impressive art collection that included classical paintings, tapestries, religious textiles, oriental rugs, antiquities, sculptures, silver, furniture and antique ceilings. Much of this collection found its home at Hearst Castle and Hearst's various other properties, while the remainder filled warehouses on both the East and West Coasts. Like many of his contemporaries, Hearst voraciously collected art and compiled a museum quality collection.

Throughout his life, Hearst dreamed of building a dwelling similar to those he had seen on his European tour as a boy. Hearst Castle was to become the realization of this dream as he and architect Julia Morgan collaborated for 28 years to construct a castle worthy of those he saw in Europe. During construction Hearst used the Castle as his primary residence and it was here that he continually entertained the elite of Hollywood, politics and sports. Hearst left his San Simeon estate in 1947 to seek medical care unavailable in the remote location. While the Castle was never completely finished, it stands as the remarkable achievement of one man's dream.

William Randolph Hearst died on August 14, 1951, at the age of 88. He was interred in the Hearst family mausoleum at the Cypress Lawn Cemetery in Colma, California. All of his sons followed their father into the media business and his namesake, William Randolph, Jr., became a Pulitzer Prize-winning Hearst newspaper reporter. Today Mr. Hearst's grandson, George R. Hearst, Jr., is chairman of the board of The Hearst Corporation.

Properties
• Babicora, a one-million acre cattle ranch in Chihuahua, Mexico
• 270,000 acres at San Simeon, California
• Wyntoon, a 67,000 acre estate on the McCloud River in Northern California
• St. Donat's Castle in Wales
• Commercial and residential property throughout the United States

Publishing Holdings
Newspapers (listed by date of acquisition): Magazines:
1887 San Francisco Examiner American Architect
1894 New York Morning Journal American Druggist
1896 New York Evening Journal Connoisseur
1897 New York Morning Advertiser Cosmopolitan
1900 Chicago American (Evening) Good Housekeeping (U.S.)
1902 Chicago Examiner Good Housekeeping (England)
1904 Boston American (Morning) Harper's Bazaar
1904 Los Angeles Examiner (Morning) Home and Field
1912 Atlanta Daily Georgian House Beautiful
1913 San Francisco Morning Call Motor (His first, 1903)
1917 Boston Daily Advertiser Motor Boating
1917 Washington (DC) Times Nash's Magazine (England)
1918 Chicago Herald & Examiner Orchard and Farm
1919 Wisconsin News (Milwaukee) Sports Afield
1921 Boston Record Town and Country
1921 Detroit Times The World Today
1921 Seattle Post-Intelligencer
1922 Los Angeles Herald
1922 New York Mirror
1922 Oakland Post-Enquirer
1922 Rochester Journal
1922 Rochester Post-Express
1922 Syracuse NY Telegram
1922 Washington (DC) Herald
1923 Baltimore News
1923 Fort Worth Record
1924 Albany Times-Union
1924 Milwaukee Sentinel
1924 San Antonio TX Light
1925 Syracuse Journal
1926 Pittsburgh Sun-Telegram
1927 Omaha Bee
1928 Omaha News
1929 San Francisco Bulletin
1931 Los Angeles Express
1934 Baltimore Post

Hearst Corporation
The Hearst Corporation is one of the largest diversified communications companies in the world. The corporation has interests in book, magazine, and newspaper publication, broadcasting, entertainment and syndication, and new media/technology. In 1957 the Hearst Corporation deeded Hearst Castle, the former estate of publisher and film producer William Randolph Hearst, to the State of California.


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