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Biography (1903)
'''David Goodman Croly''' was the father of the [[Progressivism|progressive]] writer [[Herbert Croly]], co-founder of [[The New Republic]] magazine.
'''David Goodman Croly''' (November 3, 1829 - April 29, 1889) was a journalist<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=FwbOk4gLyWwC&pg=PA83 "The Challenge of Our Time": Woodrow Wilson, Herbert Croly, Randolph Bourne and the Making of Modern America]</ref> and the father of the [[Progressivism|progressive]] writer [[Herbert Croly]], co-founder of [[The New Republic]] magazine.
==Early Life and Education==
David Croly was born at Olovakiltey, Ireland, on November 3, 1829, the son of Patrick and Elizabeth Croly. He came to this country in early life, studied in New York University but was not graduated, and received a special course diploma in 1854. He was a member of Zeta Psi.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=lV1NAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA48 New York University: Its History, Influence, Equipment and Characteristics, with Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Founders, Benefactors, Officers and Alumni, Volume 2]</ref>
==Career==
His life was devoted chiefly to newspaper work and authorship. He was a reporter for "The New York Herald " and " Evening Post " in 1855-58; Editor of "The Daily News," at Rockford, Illinois, in 1859-60; City Editor and Managing Editor of "The New York World" in 1860-72; Managing Editor of "The New York Daily Graphic" in 1872-78. He was one of the founders of the Lotos Club of New York. He was the author of "The Modern Thinker," " Glimpses of the Future," and "The Positivist Catechism."
==Marriage==
He was married in 1857 to Jennie Cunningham, daughter of Joseph H. Cunningham, a lady who attained eminence as a writer and journalist under the pen name of "Jennie June."
==Ideology==
David Croly was a devoted [[Auguste Comte|Comtist]], who attempted to popularize the concepts of [[Positivism]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VLr_AwAAQBAJ|last1=Levy|first1=David|title=Herbert Croly of the New Republic: The Life and Thought of an American Progressive|date=2014|publisher=[[Princeton University]] Press|location=New Jersey|isbn=978-0691612690|pages=22-24}}</ref>. He was also involved in the creation of a pamphlet ''Miscegenation: The Theory of the Blending of the Races, Applied to the American White Man and Negro'', which turned out to be a hoax<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kadish |first1=Philip |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/15/opinion/kadish-lincoln-hoax/ |title=The race-mixing hoax that dogged Lincoln |work=[[CNN]] |date=February 18, 2014 }}</ref>.
David Croly was a devoted [[Auguste Comte|Comtist]], who attempted to popularize the concepts of [[Positivism]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VLr_AwAAQBAJ|last1=Levy|first1=David|title=Herbert Croly of the New Republic: The Life and Thought of an American Progressive|date=2014|publisher=[[Princeton University]] Press|location=New Jersey|isbn=978-0691612690|pages=22-24}}</ref>. He was also involved in the creation of a pamphlet ''Miscegenation: The Theory of the Blending of the Races, Applied to the American White Man and Negro'', which turned out to be a hoax<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kadish |first1=Philip |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/15/opinion/kadish-lincoln-hoax/ |title=The race-mixing hoax that dogged Lincoln |work=[[CNN]] |date=February 18, 2014 }}</ref>.
==Passing==
Mr. Croly died in New York on April 29, 1889.
==Works==
==Works==
==See Also==
==See Also==
*[[Miscegenation]]
*[[Miscegenation]]
*[[Herbert Croly]]
==References==
==References==
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