Francis Thayer Hobson (September 4, 1897 – October 19, 1967) was president and chairman of the board of William Morrow and Company.
[3] He attended Yale University but left before graduation to join the French army during World War I.
[1] In 1917, he served as a machine gunner for the American Expeditionary Force but was wounded and was sent home in 1918.
While at Morrow, Hobson was the publisher of Erle Stanley Gardner, who wrote the Perry Mason series.
[citation needed] Hobson died on October 19, 1967, in San Antonio, Texas.