James Gordon Bennett Jr.
American publisher (1841-1918) · United States · On the map · Journalists · Died at 77
James Gordon Bennett Jr. was an American publisher. He was the publisher of the New York Herald, founded by his father, James Gordon Bennett Sr. (1795-1872), who emigrated from Scotland. He was generally known as Gordon Bennett to distinguish him from his father.
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Among his many sports-related accomplishments he organized both the first polo match and the first tennis match in the United States, and he won the first trans-oceanic yacht race. He sponsored explorers including Henry Morton Stanley's trip to Africa to find David Livingstone, and the ill-fated USS Jeannette attempt on the North Pole.
