James Knapp Reeve

James Knapp Reeve (May 19, 1856 – October 25, 1933), known as "the dean of professional literary critics",[1] was an American litterateur, author, textbook writer, literary critic, and publisher of Franklin, Ohio.

[3] He was proprietor of The Editor; the Journal of Information for Literary Workers of Franklin, Ohio.

[1] Around 1904, Reeve started in the publishing business in Deposit, New York with The Bohemian and The Grey Goose, fiction monthlies.

His company started to publish Outing, and in 1905, Reeve decided to get control of the magazine, the main offices of which were moved to Deposit.

[1] James Knapp Reeve died in Franklin, Ohio, October 25, 1933.