Frank Luther Mott

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Frank Luther Mott (April 4, 1886 - October 23, 1964 in Columbia, Missouri) was an American historian and journalist of Quaker descent. He taught at the University of Iowa (UI) for twenty years until his appointment as Dean of the University of Missouri (MU)'s School of Journalism in 1942.

After having coined the term photojournalism in 1924^[1], Mott was influential in the development of photojournalism education: the first photojournalism class was taught at UI during his tenure, and the first photojournalism program, directed by Clifton C. Edom, started at MU in 1943 upon his request.

His book A History of American Magazines won both the Bancroft Prize and the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for History.

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Editor, Interpretations of Journalism: A Book of Readings with Ralph D. Casey, 1937.
A History of American Magazines, 1938.
Golden Multitudes: the Story of Best Sellers in the United States, 1947.
The Old Printing Office with John DePol, 1962.
American Journalism, a History, 1690-1960, 1962.

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Papers of Frank Luther Mott, 1918-1963
Long, Howard Rusk. Frank Luther Mott: Scholar, Teacher, Human Being. [Carbondale, Ill., Hornstone Press, ©1968.]
Marshall, Max Lawrence. Frank Luther Mott, Journalism Educator. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri, 1968.
Stroebel, Leslie D. and Richard D. Zakia. The Focal Encyclopedia of Photography. Boston: Focal Press, 1993.

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^ Stroebel, Leslie D. and Richard D. Zakia. The Focal Encyclopedia of Photography. Boston: Focal Press, 1993. - This is greatly contested, others claim it was Clifton C. Edom, Henry Luce, or various other photojournalists.