Английская Википедия:Henry J. Taylor

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person Henry Junior Taylor (September 2, 1902 – February 24, 1984) was an American author, economist, radio broadcaster and former United States Ambassador to Switzerland (1957–1961).[1][2]

Taylor was born in Chicago to Henry Noble and Eileen O'Hare Taylor. He graduated from the Lawrenceville School in 1920 and the University of Virginia in 1924.[3] He served as a foreign correspondent for the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain in the early years of World War II. After the war, Taylor hosted the General Motors-sponsored radio program Your Land and Mine, on which he was known for his conservative commentary.[4] Taylor was a columnist for the United Feature Syndicate after serving as Ambassador. He authored several nonfiction books, including An American Speaks His Mind and It Must Be a Long War, and a novel, The Big Man.[1]

In 1959, he won a Human Interest Storytelling Ernie Pyle Award from the Scripps Howard Foundation.[5] He is credited with introducing kabuki as a term used by American political pundits as a synonym for political posturing.[6]

Taylor died at his home in Manhattan at the age of 81.[1]

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