Leslie, FRANK

Leslie, FRANK, publisher, was born at Ipswich in 1821, his proper name being Henry Carter, and at seventeen was placed in a mercantile house in London. 'Frank Leslie' was the name he adopted in sending in sketches to the Illustrated London News, and the success of these determined him to join the staff of that paper. In 1848 he proceeded to the United States, where he assumed the name of Frank Leslie by a legal process, and in 1854 founded the Gazette of Fashion and the New York Journal. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper was commenced in 1855 (German and Spanish editions later), the Chimney Corner in 1865; and afterwards the Boys' and Girls' Weekly, the Lady's Journal, and a number of other periodicals were published by him. He died 10th January 1880; his widow then assumed his name and carried on his business.