John Holliday Perry Sr.
John Holliday Perry Sr. (March 3, 1881 – December 4, 1952) was a lawyer for newspaper organizations who eventually acquired more than two dozen newspapers including the Jacksonville Journal, Pensacola Journal, Fernandina News-Leader and radio stations.[1][2] He owned newspapers in Florida including the Palm Beach Post.[3]
He was born in Kentucky. He received his law degree from the University of Virginia. He lived in Palm Beach, Florida.[1]
In August 1952, he got ill while he was visiting Paris.[4] He died at the Good Samaritan Hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida on December 4, 1952, at the age of 71.[5][6]
In 1987, he was posthumously described as "one of America's greatest publishers" by the Jacksonville Journal.[6] His son John Holliday Perry Jr. sold 27 newspapers to Cox.[7]
References
- 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory". United States Department of the Interior. pp. 4–5 – via NPGallery.
- ↑ "John H. Perry Purchases Florida Radio Station". Reading Times. Reading, Pennsylvania. June 1, 1935. p. 1. Retrieved July 14, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "John H. Perry Sr., News Union Head; Ex-Counsel for the United Press Associations, Dies at 71". The New York Times. December 5, 1952. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
- ↑ "John H. Perry, Publisher, Seriously Ill In Paris". The Park City Daily News. Bowling Green, Kentucky. August 17, 1952. p. 19. Retrieved July 14, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "John H. Perry Sr., Newspaper Publisher And Owner, Dies Here". The Palm Beach Post. West Palm Beach, Florida. December 5, 1952. p. 1. Retrieved July 14, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "John Perry Sr. used paper to urge state to build roads". Jacksonville Journal. Jacksonville, Florida. July 1, 1987. p. 46. Retrieved July 14, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Kleinberg, Eliot (July 2, 2019). "50 years: Entrepreneur, inventor John Perry sells Post and other properties to Cox". The Palm Beach Post. Archived from the original on January 7, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2026.