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American newspaper publisher (1837–1917)

Harrison Gray Otis (February 10, 1837 – July 30, 1917) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War who later became president and general manager of the Times Mirror Company, then the publisher of the Los Angeles Times.

Biography

Early life and education

Otis was born near Marietta, Ohio, on February 10, 1837, the son of Stephen and Sally (Dyar) Otis. His father was from Vermont and his mother, a native of Nova Scotia, Canada, came to Ohio from Boston, Massachusetts, with her family.

The young Otis received schooling until he was fourteen, when he became a printer's apprentice at the Noble County Courier in Ohio.^[1]

Career

Otis was a delegate from Kentucky to the Republican National Convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln for president in 1860.

Civil War

At the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, he left his job as a compositor in the office of the Lou