Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1911, June 22 | Born, West Horsley, England |
| 1930s | Attended Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, England, where he held a scholarship in modern history |
| 1934 | Chef, Hotel Majestic, Paris, France |
| 1935 | Sold stoves door-to-door in Scotland and wrote a pamphlet, The Theory and Practice of Selling the Aga Cooker, for Aga Heat |
| 1936 | Account executive, Mather & Crowther, London, England |
| 1937-1939 | Sent to the United States by Mather & Crowther to study American advertising |
| 1939 | Married Melind Street (divorced) |
| 1939-1942 | Associate director, Audience Research Institute, Princeton, N. J. |
| 1942-1945 | Second secretary, British embassy, Washington, D.C., and in charge of economic information for the British government in the Western Hemisphere |
| 1945-1946 | Vice president and secretary, British American Canadian Corp. |
| 1947 | Correspondent for Mather & Crowther in the United States |
| 1948 | Cofounder of Hewitt, Ogilvy, Benson & Mather, a subsidiary of the British advertising agencies of Mather & Crowther and S. H. Benson |
| 1953-1961 | President, Ogilvy, Benson & Mather |
| 1957 | Married Anne Cabot |
| 1960 | Board of Directors of the New York Philharmonic Symphony Society |
| 1962 | Trustee, Colby College, Waterville, Maine |
| 1963 | Published Confessions of an Advertising Man. New York: Atheneum. |
| 1961-1965 | Chairman of the board, Ogilvy, Benson & Mather |
| 1964 | Mather & Crowther and Ogilvy, Benson & Mather merged to form the international company Ogilvy & Mather, of which David Ogilvy became chairman |
| 1965 | Creative director, Ogilvy, Benson & Mather |
| 1999, July 21 | Died, Bonnes, France |