Charles Allen Munn

Charles Allen Munn (1859–1924), was an American editor and publisher, who oversaw Scientific American after the editorship of his father, Orson Desaix Munn.[1][2] His nephew Orson Desaix Munn II succeeded him as editor of the magazine. He was also a patron of the arts, and after his death bequeathed his collection of early American paintings, prints, and silver to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[3]

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  1. ^ "Chas Allen Munn, Editor, Dies at 64. Had Been Associated With The Scientific American for 43 Years". The New York Times. April 4, 1924. Desaix , father of Charles Allen, Joined Alfred Ely Beach, son of the Beach who owned The Sun, in the purchase, in 1846, of a year-old magazine called the ...
  2. ^ "Charles Allen Munn". Scientific American. 130 (5). 1924. ISSN 0036-8733. JSTOR 24975059.
  3. ^ Avery, C. Louise; Wehle, H. B.; Newlin, Alice (January 1925). "The Charles Allen Munn Bequest". The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. 20 (1): 1+17–26. doi:10.2307/3254869. JSTOR 3254869.

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