Michael H. de Young
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M. H. de Young and the San Francisco Chronicle in 1885
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| Born |
Michael Henry de Young September 30, 1849 St. Louis, Missouri |
| Died | February 15, 1925 (aged 75) San Francisco, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Heald College |
| Occupation | Newspaper publisher |
| Years active | 1865–1925 |
| Known for | Co-founder of San Francisco Chronicle and director of the Associated Press |
| Spouse(s) | Katherine I. Deane |
| Children | 5 |
| Relatives | Charles de Young (brother) |
Michael Henry "M. H." de Young (September 30, 1849 – February 15, 1925) was an American journalist and businessman.
De Young was born in St. Louis, Missouri. The family was Jewish, and immigrated from the Netherlands and France. He was the son of Cornelia "Amelia" (née Morange; 1809-1881) and Miechel de Young (d. 1854), who married in 1837. His maternal grandfather, Benjamin Morange, who served as the French Minister to Spain under Napoleon I, moved to the United States about 1815 and helped found the B'nai Jeshurun Congregation in New York in 1825.
De Young moved with his family to San Francisco, California while he was still young. He attended and graduated from Heald College, a San Francisco college founded in 1863.
In San Francisco, de Young and his brother, Charles de Young (1845–1880), founded the Daily Dramatic Chronicle newspaper, first published on January 16, 1865. The Chronicle was the predecessor of the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco's only remaining daily broadsheet newspaper. De Young was also the director of the Associated Press for many years.
After his death in 1925, his son-in-law George Toland Cameron became publisher and president of the Chronicle Publishing Company.
De Young and his wife Katherine had five children:
In 1884, he was shot by an irate businessman, Adolph B. Spreckels, apparently due to a negative newspaper article, but survived. M. H. de Young died on February 15, 1925 and a Catholic church mass was held in St. Mary's Cathedral (he had converted to Catholicism after marrying his wife, Katherine I. Deane).
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