Samuel Crowther (1880–1947) was a prominent American journalist and writer who is best known for his collaborative writings withHenry Ford and other industrialists.
In college, he won his varsity letters in football and rowing and was a member of the university's crew that distinguished itself in the Henley Regatta. In 1905, his "American Rowing," the first history of the sport in that country, was published.[2] He dedicated his writing career to publishing biographies of famous industrialists and collaborating with some of them to produce works that conveyed their ideas to the public. The most prominent and enduring collaboration was withHenry Ford, the car manufacturer.
He married Mary Jane Owens on November 21, 1914, and they had two sons and a daughter. He died inBoston, Massachusetts on October 27, 1947.
The First Million the Hardest. An autobiography ByArthur B. Farquhar (1838–1925), in collaboration with Samuel Crowther. Garden City, N.Y.:Doubleday, Page & Co.: 1922.
The Romance and Rise of the American Tropics. [Illustrated]. Garden City, NY:Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1929.
$970,000,000 minus. A second primer. The results of a year of simple arithmetic, etc [On the foreign trade of the USA]. New York: Chemical Foundation, 1936.[4]
Why Quit Our Own. ByGeorge Nelson Peek with Samuel Crowther [On the desirability of a balanced domestic economy in the United States]. New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1936.[4]
