Frank Luther Mott

Frank Luther Mott

Frank Luther Mott (April 4, 1886 Rose Hill Iowa - October 23, 1964 in Columbia, Missouri) was an American historian and journalist of Quaker descent. He taught English at Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa and was the head of the Journalilsm department 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, 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 the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for History and Volume 4 of said work won the Bancroft Prize in 1958.

F Mott's Books:

[The Brain And The Voice In Speech And Song]