Laurence L. Winship
{{short description|American journalist}}
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| name = Laurence L. Winship
| image = Laurence_L._Winship.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1890|02|19}}
| birth_place = Somerville, Massachusetts, US
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|03|03|1890|02|19}}
| death_place = Marlborough, Massachusetts, US
| education =
| alma_mater = Harvard College
| occupation = Journalist, editor
| years_active =
| employer = The Boston Globe
| known_for =
| spouse = Ruth Spindler
| children = 3, including Thomas Winship
| father = Albert Edward Winship
| relatives = George Parker Winship (brother)
| awards =
}}
Laurence Leathe Winship (February 19, 1890 – March 3, 1975) was an American journalist who served as editor of The Boston Globe from 1955 until 1965.
Biography
Winship was born in 1890 in Somerville, Massachusetts.{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/image/555776973 |title=Draft Registration Card |date=June 1917 |publisher=Selective Service System |accessdate=March 7, 2021 |via=fold3.com |url-access=subscription}} His father was an editor of the Journal of Education. The younger Winship attended Somerville Latin School and graduated from Harvard College in 1911. He joined The Boston Globe in 1912, was married in 1915, and served in the United States Army during World War I.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72936352/llwa-tough-minded-and/ |title=LLW—a 'tough-minded and tender-hearted' Globe editor |newspaper=The Boston Globe |page=16 |date=March 4, 1975 |accessdate=March 7, 2021 |via=newspapers.com}}
Back with the Globe, Winship rose quickly through the ranks to become editor of the Sunday edition. He was named managing editor in 1937, and became editor in 1955.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72931788/editor-of-the-globe-l-l-winship/ |title=Editor of The Globe L. L. Winship Retires |newspaper=The Boston Globe |page=1 |date=September 14, 1965 |accessdate=March 7, 2021 |via=newspapers.com}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72932069/larry-winship-charted-paths-to-modern/ |title='Larry' Winship Charted Paths to Modern Newspaper |newspaper=The Boston Globe |page=5 |date=September 14, 1965 |accessdate=March 7, 2021 |via=newspapers.com}} Named editor by publisher William Davis Taylor, Winship was the first person to hold that title other than prior publishers (Taylor's father and grandfather) in 75 years.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72833608/davis-taylor-publisher-for-a-turbulent/ |title=Davis Taylor, publisher for a turbulent era |first=Edgar J. |last=Driscoll Jr. |newspaper=The Boston Globe |page=A10 |date=February 20, 2002 |accessdate=March 6, 2021 |via=newspapers.com}}{{cite book|last=Lyons|first=Lewis Martin|title=Newspaper Story: One Hundred Years of the Boston Globe|publisher=Belknap Press of Harvard University Press|year=1971|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts}}{{rp|447}}
During Winship's tenure as editor, the Globe rose from third to first in the competitive field of what was then eight Boston newspapers. He served as editor until September 1965, when he retired from the role while continuing to write for the paper. He was succeeded as editor by his son Thomas, who served as editor until 1984.{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Douglas |title=Thomas Winship, Ex-Editor of Boston Globe, Dies at 81 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/15/us/thomas-winship-ex-editor-of-boston-globe-dies-at-81.html |accessdate=July 23, 2019 |website=The New York Times |date=March 15, 2002}}
Winship and his wife, Ruth, had two sons and a daughter; they lived in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Winship died in 1975 at a hospital in neighboring Marlborough, Massachusetts.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72933920/laurence-l-winship-85-dies-longtime/ |title=Laurence L. Winship, 85, dies; longtime editor of The Globe |newspaper=The Boston Globe |page=1 |date=March 4, 1975 |accessdate=March 7, 2021 |via=newspapers.com}}
References
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Category:People from Somerville, Massachusetts
Category:People from Sudbury, Massachusetts
Category:Harvard College alumni
Category:The Boston Globe people
Category:United States Army personnel of World War I