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Joseph Pulitzer(April 10，1847—October 29，1911)was a Hungarian—American publisher best known for establishing the Pulitzer Prizes after death．
Pulitzer was born in Makó，Hungary．At 17，Pulitzer attempted to join the Austrian army．but was turned down due to age，bad health and poor eyesight. Disappointed but still with hope，he traveled first to Paris and then to London, hoping to join the army there. And he was rejected for the same reasons. Finally , he moved to the United States in 1846 and served in the Lincoln Army when he was just 18 until the end of the American Civil War. After the war he settled in St. Louis Missouri, where in 1868 he started working as a reporter for a German-language daily newspaper, the Westliche Post fro $3,000. Then , in 1879, he bought the St. Louis Dispatch for $2,700 and merged (合作) the two papers as the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which remained St. Louis’ daily newspaper. He bought the New York World in 1883, which turned out to be a successful decision, and which made Pulitzer wealthy. In 1885, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, but resigned after a few months’ service. In 1895 the New York World introduced the first newspaper comic printed with color. Under Pulitzer’s leadership circulation (发行量) grew from 15,000 to 600,000, making it the largest newspaper in the country . But unfortunately from 1890, Pulitzer’s already failing health worsened rapidly and he with drew from direct management of the newspaper, and simply gave some instructions from his vacation houses in Maine or in New York. At the ago of some instructions from his vacation houses in Maine or in New York. At the age of forty, he was struck blind, but he still continued to run his press empire for twenty-two more years.
In 1892, Pulitzer offered Columbia University’s president money to set up the world’s first school of journalism. But the university turned down the offer. In 1902, Columbia’s new president willingly accepted the plan for a school and prizes,  but it would not be until after Pulitzer’s death that this dream would come true．Pulitzer left the university$2 million in his will，which led to the creation in 1912 of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism．And up till now，Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism still remains one of the most famous in the world．
Joseph Pulitzer died aboard his sailing boat in 1911．He was buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx，New York．In 1917．the first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded，as Pulitzer wished to．
In 1989，in honor of his great achievements and contributions，Pulitzer was included in the St．Louis Walk of Fame．
Title：A biography of a famous person

Name	Joseph Pulitzer	Dates of birth and death	April 10, 1947—October 29， 1911
Birth place	Makó, Hungary	71  place	The Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY
72	Hungarian-American	Profession	Reporter, publisher
73	Military career ·at 17, made several   74  to join the army , but failed for his age, bad health and poor eyesight. ·at 18 , eventually served in the Lincoln’s Army in the USA
Newspaper career Newspaper career ·in 1868．began working as a reporter for the Westliche Post，a daily newspaper ·from 1872 to 1882，succeeded in  75  three newspapers ·in 1895，introduced the first newspaper comic printed with color ·from 1890，managed the newspaper  76  for health reason
Achievements & contributions	77 career ·joined the Republican Party and in 1869 was elected to the Missouri State Assembly ·in 1885，was elected to the U．S．House of Representatives．but  78 for only a short time．
	made the New York World the largest newspaper in the country，with it。 circulation(发行量)growing from 15，000 to 600，000 ·in 1912，helped to  79  the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism，which remains one of the most famous in the world ·established the Pulitzer Prizes through his will
80	·In 1989, was included in the St. Louis Walk of Fame.