American publisher and curator Monroe Wheeler was BOTD in 1899. Born in Evanston, Illinois to a prosperous mercantile family, he was raised in Chicago where he developed an interest in the arts. Turning down college, he began working as a copywriter for a Chicago advertising agency. In 1919, he met and fell in love with aspiring poet Glenway Wescott, with whom he lived for the rest of his life. Seeking a tolerant home for their relationship, they moved to Paris in 1921, befriending celebrity gays Gertrude Stein, Isadora Duncan and Jean Cocteau. In 1926, Wheeler fell in love with photographer George Platt Lynes. They lived together as a thruple for over a decade, often posing together for portraits and photographs. Wheeler co-formed Harrison of Paris, a bespoke printing press producing illustrated limited editions of classic texts and Wescott’s novels. As World War Two approached, the trio returned to America, making a home in Manhattan. Wheeler worked as a curator for the Museum of Modern Art, eventually becoming director of publications and exhibitions, a position he held for nearly 40 years. They became well-known in New York’s artistic and queer communities, befriending W. H. Auden, Christopher Isherwood, Marianne Moore, W. Somerset Maugham, Paul Cadmus and Jared French. Lynes left the relationship in 1943, but remained friendly with Wheeler and Wescott until his death in 1955. Wescott died in 1987; two days later, Wheeler suffered a stroke, leaving him blind and paralysed. He died in 1988, aged 89.