Harvey, George Brinton McClellan (1864–1928)

US publisher and diplomat. In 1899 he bought the North American Review, which he edited until 1926. He also became president of the book-publishing firm of Harper & Bros, and from 1902–13 edited Harper's Weekly. He served as US ambassador to Great Britain from 1921.

Harvey was born at Peacham, Vermont. After working as a newspaper reporter, he went into the electric railway business and made a fortune.

In 1910 he helped bring about the election of Woodrow Wilson as governor of New Jersey and then began an active campaign through his publications to bring Wilson's name before the nation as a possible president. But in 1916 Harvey opposed the re-election of Wilson, and in 1918 launched Harvey's Weekly, which bitterly criticized the president for trying to take the USA into the League of Nations. Harvey was instrumental in securing the nomination of Senator Harding for the presidency by the Republicans in 1920 and as a reward was made ambassador to Great Britain the following year.