Joseph Pulitzer

Birth Name:

József Pulitzer

Birth Date:

April 10, 1847

Birth Place:

Makó, Hungary

Death Date:

October 29, 1911

Place of Death:

Aboard his yacht Liberty, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina

Age:

Cause of Death:

Heart failure

Cemetery Name:

Woodlawn Cemetery

Claim to Fame:

Writers and Poets

Joseph Pulitzer was a Hungarian-born American newspaper publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the New York World. He became a leading national figure in the Democratic Party and was elected congressman from New York. He crusaded against big business and corruption, and helped keep the Statue of Liberty in New York. In the 1890s the fierce competition between his World and William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal caused both to develop the techniques of yellow journalism, which won over readers with sensationalism, sex, crime and graphic horrors. Today, his name is best known for the Pulitzer Prizes, which were established in 1917 as a result of his endowment to Columbia University. The prizes are given annually to recognize and reward excellence in American journalism, photography, literature, history, poetry, music, and drama. Pulitzer founded the Columbia School of Journalism by his philanthropic bequest; it opened in 1912.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Woodlawn Cemetery

4199 Webster Avenue

Bronx, New York, 10470

USA

North America

Map:

Grave Location:

Evergreen Plot, Sections 48, 49

Grave Location Description

From the Jerome Avenue entrance, continue on Central Avenue and head east for 0.6 miles. Turn left at the very first unmarked road before the intersection of Lake Avenue and Central Avenue and park 100 feet after turning. The Pulitzer Family plot is on your left about 150 feet from the road.