12 Facts About Wilder Hobson

Wilder Hobson was an American writer and editor for Time, Fortune, Harper's Bazaar, and Newsweek magazines.

Wilder Hobson was a competent musician, author of an history of American jazz, and long-time contributor to Saturday Review magazine.

Wilder Hobson worked amidst the struggle between Soviet-sympathizing and anti-Communist staffers at Time.

Wilder Hobson rode out the storm and even managed to write two books at Time: a historical study called American Jazz Music and a novel called All Summer Long.

Wilder Hobson hired friend Walker Evans to write reviews first on Film and then on Art.

In 1946, Wilder Hobson moved to editorial board of Fortune, where he worked until severe writer's block caused him to resign.

In November 1950, Wilder Hobson became managing editor of Harper's Bazaar, replacing Frances MacFadden, who retired after 18 years in that position.

Later, Wilder Hobson joined Newsweek, where he worked for a decade.

Wilder Hobson become a contributor to the Saturday Review during the late 1940s, the 1950s, and into the 1960s.

Wilder Hobson was a heavy alcoholic and died at the age of 58 in 1964 of gastrointestinal hemorrhage in Princeton, New Jersey.

Wilder Hobson married his second wife, Verna Harrison, in the mid-1940s after meeting at Time.

In 1939, Wilder Hobson became the second American to write a major book on jazz, American Jazz Music.