Edwin Grozier

Edwin Atkins Grozier (September 12, 1859 – May 9, 1924) was an American journalist, publisher and author, who owned The Boston Post from 1891 until his death.

[3][7] In October 1891, Grozier purchased controlling interest in The Boston Post, at a time when readership was low, with a circulation of less than 2500; the paper was on the verge of bankruptcy.

The top of the African ebony, gold-tipped canes, were stamped with the words, "Presented by the Boston Post to the oldest resident of ... (name of town)."

[3] The New England Historical Society wrote of the coverage of the 1911 murder of Avis Linnell by Clarence Richeson, saying, '"the crusading newspaper editor of The Boston Post, Edwin Grozier, brought him to grief...[putting] his reporters on the story.

They found Richeson bought cyanide from a druggist in Newtown, Mass...the Post demanded a police investigation into the death of Avis Linnell.

In 1920, under the leadership of his son, Richard Grozier, who had been day-to-day head of the paper since 1920, the Post won the Pulitzer Prize for Meritorious Public Service after exposing Charles Ponzi as a fraud.

Many community members, including authorities, did not believe the allegations, made during the papers investigation, until "the bubble burst," leaving millions of dollars in public money lost, as a large Trust company failed.

[14] The city council in Cambridge, Massachusetts, renamed Hawthorne Avenue, to Grozier Road, in honor of his fathers accomplishments.