Moses Yale Beach
American businessman (1800—1868)
Moses Yale Beach (January 15, 1800 – July 19, 1868) was an American inventor, entrepreneur, philanthropist and publisher, who founded the Associated Press, and is credited with originating print syndication. His fortune, as of 1846, amounted to $300,000, which was about 1/4 of the fortune of Cornelius Vanderbilt at the time, and was featured in a book that he published named the Wealthy citizens of the City of New York.
His newspaper, the Sun, became the most successful newspaper in America, and was a pioneer on crime reporting and human-interest stories for the masses.
Biography
Moses was born in Wallingford, Connecticut, to Moses Sperry Beach and Lucretia Yale, and was a cousin of Canadian fur trader James Murray Yale and Gov. Elihu Yale of Yale University, members of the Yale family. Merchant William Yale and Gen. Edwin R. Yale were second cousins, while Linus Yale Sr. and Linus Yale Jr., of the Yale Lock Company, were fourth cousins. His grandfather, Capt. Elihu Yale, son of Capt.
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