Thomas J C MartynThomas J.C. Martyn was the founder of Newsweek, the second-largest news magazine in the history of the United States. The son of a British soldier, Martyn served as a pilot in World War I, losing a leg in an aviation accident. After the war he was reruited as Time's first foreign editor, then worked for the New York Times before raising capital to start Newsweek. He published the first edition in 1933, at the height of the Great Depression. Read More Read Less