William Morton Fullerton

Journalist and editor; paramour of Edith Wharton.

found: Wikipedia, April 4, 2017 (William Morton Fullerton; born September 18, 1865; died August 26, 1952; was an American print journalist, author and foreign correspondent for The Times)

William Morton Fullerton was an American print journalist, author and foreign correspondent for The Times. Today he is best known for having a mid-life affair with Pulitzer prize-winning author Edith Wharton wikipedia, accessed 10/17/2017

Fullerton was born in 1865 and was a graduate of Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and received his Bachelor of Arts from Harvard in 1886. He is said to have been involved in the founding of the Harvard Monthly. In 1890 he began working in the Paris office of the London Times after having worked as a journalist in Boston for several years. Soon after their initial introduction in the spring of 1907, Fullerton, drawing upon his extensive knowledge of the Paris literary scene, helped Wharton to secure magazine publication of the French translation of her novel The House of Mirth. Their affair lasted from 1908 to 1910. Fullerton continued to work for the London Times until 1911. He authored several books and numerous periodical articles. During World War I he served as an officer. He later joined the staff of Le Figaro in Paris. He died there in 1952.

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