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Henry Demarest Lloyd
American journalist (–)
Henry Demarest Lloyd (May 1, – September 28, ) was an American journalist and political activist who was a prominent muckraker during the Progressive Era. He is best known for his exposés of Standard Oil which were written before Ida Tarbell's series for McClure's on the same topic.
Early life
Henry Demarest Lloyd was born on May 1, , in the home of his maternal grandfather on Sixth Avenue in New York City.[1] Henry was the first child of Aaron Lloyd, a graduate of Rutgers College and New Brunswick Theological Seminary and minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, and Maria Christie (née Demarest) Lloyd.[2]
One of Lloyd's strongest formative influences was the preaching of Henry Ward Beecher, whose sermons he regularly attended.[3]
Lloyd attended Columbia College and Columbia Law School. Lloyd worked at a library and taught to pay his way through school.[4] Upon graduation, Lloyd was a Bio — H Lloyd Weston.