Arthur Newcomb

Born on June 21, 1873, in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, Arthur William Newcomb is chiefly remembered through the books he edited and co-wrote with Katherine M. H. Blackford. Sources connected with Blackford describe him as an editor of her books and a co-author on several titles, and Library of Congress records list him as joint author of The Job, the Man, the Boss (1914).

Newcomb's published work sits in the world of early personnel management and character reading, a field that was influential in its day but is very much a product of its era. Books associated with him include The Job, the Man, the Boss, Analyzing Character, Blondes and Brunets, and Reading Character at Sight.

He also became director of the Blackford School of Character Analysis in New York City, reflecting how closely his career was tied to Blackford's public work and teaching. He married Katherine M. H. Blackford in Chicago on November 28, 1912, and their names remained linked in the publishing record that followed.