Benjamin Henry Day

Benjamin Henry Day
Born(1810-04-10)April 10, 1810
Springfield, Massachusetts
DiedDecember 21, 1889(1889-12-21) (aged 79)
New York City
OccupationNewspaper publisher
Children3, including Benjamin

Benjamin Henry Day (April 10, 1810 – December 21, 1889)[1] was an American newspaper publisher who founded the New York Sun, the first penny press newspaper in the United States, in 1833.[2]

  1. ^ Carey, Charles W. (2002). American Inventors, Entrepreneurs & Business Visionaries. New York: Facts on File. pp. 89–90. ISBN 0816045593.
  2. ^ Fellow, Anthony R. (2010). American Media History (Second ed.). pp. 86–88. ISBN 978-0495567752.)