Fletcher Harper
Career Overview

Players Media Fletcher Harper

He was the youngest of four sons born to Joseph Henry Harper, (1750–1838), a farmer, carpenter, and storekeeper, and Elizabeth Kollyer, a Dutch burgher's daughter. With his brothers, James, John, and Joseph Wesley, he founded the Harper & Brothers publishing house. He is credited with founding Harper's Weekly (1850), Harper's Magazine (1850), and Harper's Bazaar (1867). Fletcher gave cartoonist Thomas

He was the youngest of four sons born to Joseph Henry Harper, (1750–1838), a farmer, carpenter, and storekeeper, and Elizabeth Kollyer, a Dutch burgher's daughter. With his brothers, James, John, and Joseph Wesley, he founded the Harper & Brothers publishing house. He is credited with founding Harper's Weekly (1850), Harper's Magazine (1850), and Harper's Bazaar (1867). Fletcher gave cartoonist Thomas

Career Timeline

1857-1877

Harper's Weekly

Publisher

1857-1877

Harper's Weekly

Editor

Related Content

Stories, Photos, Videos, Podcasts, and Publications featuring Fletcher Harper Career Overview

F i l t e r & S o r t

Harper's Weeklypublication

Harper's Weekly

3120 issues 1857-1916

Harper's Weekly, A Journal of Civilization was an American political magazine featuring foreign and domestic news, fiction, essays, humor, and