Walter Hines Page

Editor, publisher, and diplomat, born in Cary, North Carolina, USA. As editor of the Atlantic Monthly(1895–8), he added a political dimension to its coverage, boosting its popularity and prestige. Also a partner in Doubleday, Page & Co publishers from 1899, he served during a crucial period as US ambassador to Britain (1913–18).

Walter Hines Page (August 15, 1855 - December 21, 1918) was an American journalist, publisher, and diplomat. He was the United States ambassador to the United Kingdom during World War I.

Born in Cary, North Carolina, Page was educated at Trinity College (Duke University), then at Randolph-Macon College and Johns Hopkins University. He was partner and vice president of Doubleday, Page &

Page was one of the key figures involved in bringing the United States into World War I on the Allied side.

When ambassador in London, on March 5, 1917, Page sent a message to Wilson saying that the British-French front was about to break down unless it could count on American help. who paid Page an annual salary of 25,000 dollars.

One month after Page's message to Wilson, the U.S. Congress declared war on Germany.

The Life and Letters of Walter H. Hendrick, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1923, and The Training of an American: The Earlier Life and Letters of Walter H.

There is a Walter Hines Page High School in Greensboro, North Carolina.