American writer and editor
Father: Harrison Gray Platt (1866 - 1951)
Mother: Nelly Platt (1866 - 1927)
Spouse: Rhoda Failing Burpee (1905-1990) m. 17-years (divorced)
Son: William Brewster Platt of Portland, OR (- after 1991)
Son: Harrison Gray Platt III
Spouse 2: Mary Alice (Kaye) Platt m. 49 years
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Harrison G. Platt Jr., Editor, 90
The New York Times
September 26, 1992, Section 1, Page 27
Harrison G. Platt Jr., an author and dictionary editor, died on Sept. 17 at Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan. He was 90 years old and lived in Manhattan.
He died of complications of pancreatic cancer, his family said.
In his 37 years as an editor, Mr. Platt was the editor in chief of several editions of the best-selling "Joy of Cooking," the Harcourt Brace Jovanovich School Dictionary and the Harcourt Brace Intermediate Dictionary.
Mr. Platt was born in Portland, Ore. After graduating from Reed College in 1925, he earned a master's degree in English literature at Harvard University. He taught for two years at Reed and nine years at Brown University.
A 17-year marriage to Rhoda Burpee ended in divorce.
Survivors include his wife of 49 years, the former Mary Alice Kaye; a son by his first wife, William B. of Portland; two grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.
Father: Harrison Gray Platt (1866 - 1951)
Mother: Nelly Platt (1866 - 1927)
Spouse: Rhoda Failing Burpee (1905-1990) m. 17-years (divorced)
Son: William Brewster Platt of Portland, OR (- after 1991)
Son: Harrison Gray Platt III
Spouse 2: Mary Alice (Kaye) Platt m. 49 years
_________________________________________________________
Harrison G. Platt Jr., Editor, 90
The New York Times
September 26, 1992, Section 1, Page 27
Harrison G. Platt Jr., an author and dictionary editor, died on Sept. 17 at Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan. He was 90 years old and lived in Manhattan.
He died of complications of pancreatic cancer, his family said.
In his 37 years as an editor, Mr. Platt was the editor in chief of several editions of the best-selling "Joy of Cooking," the Harcourt Brace Jovanovich School Dictionary and the Harcourt Brace Intermediate Dictionary.
Mr. Platt was born in Portland, Ore. After graduating from Reed College in 1925, he earned a master's degree in English literature at Harvard University. He taught for two years at Reed and nine years at Brown University.
A 17-year marriage to Rhoda Burpee ended in divorce.
Survivors include his wife of 49 years, the former Mary Alice Kaye; a son by his first wife, William B. of Portland; two grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.
American writer and editor
Father: Harrison Gray Platt (1866 - 1951)
Mother: Nelly Platt (1866 - 1927)
Spouse: Rhoda Failing Burpee (1905-1990) m. 17-years (divorced)
Son: William Brewster Platt of Portland, OR (- after 1991)
Son: Harrison Gray Platt III
Spouse 2: Mary Alice (Kaye) Platt m. 49 years
_________________________________________________________
Harrison G. Platt Jr., Editor, 90
The New York Times
September 26, 1992, Section 1, Page 27
Harrison G. Platt Jr., an author and dictionary editor, died on Sept. 17 at Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan. He was 90 years old and lived in Manhattan.
He died of complications of pancreatic cancer, his family said.
In his 37 years as an editor, Mr. Platt was the editor in chief of several editions of the best-selling "Joy of Cooking," the Harcourt Brace Jovanovich School Dictionary and the Harcourt Brace Intermediate Dictionary.
Mr. Platt was born in Portland, Ore. After graduating from Reed College in 1925, he earned a master's degree in English literature at Harvard University. He taught for two years at Reed and nine years at Brown University.
A 17-year marriage to Rhoda Burpee ended in divorce.
Survivors include his wife of 49 years, the former Mary Alice Kaye; a son by his first wife, William B. of Portland; two grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.
Father: Harrison Gray Platt (1866 - 1951)
Mother: Nelly Platt (1866 - 1927)
Spouse: Rhoda Failing Burpee (1905-1990) m. 17-years (divorced)
Son: William Brewster Platt of Portland, OR (- after 1991)
Son: Harrison Gray Platt III
Spouse 2: Mary Alice (Kaye) Platt m. 49 years
_________________________________________________________
Harrison G. Platt Jr., Editor, 90
The New York Times
September 26, 1992, Section 1, Page 27
Harrison G. Platt Jr., an author and dictionary editor, died on Sept. 17 at Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan. He was 90 years old and lived in Manhattan.
He died of complications of pancreatic cancer, his family said.
In his 37 years as an editor, Mr. Platt was the editor in chief of several editions of the best-selling "Joy of Cooking," the Harcourt Brace Jovanovich School Dictionary and the Harcourt Brace Intermediate Dictionary.
Mr. Platt was born in Portland, Ore. After graduating from Reed College in 1925, he earned a master's degree in English literature at Harvard University. He taught for two years at Reed and nine years at Brown University.
A 17-year marriage to Rhoda Burpee ended in divorce.
Survivors include his wife of 49 years, the former Mary Alice Kaye; a son by his first wife, William B. of Portland; two grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.
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