Almon, John (1737–1805), bookseller and political journalist, was born on 17 December 1737 in Moore Street, Liverpool, to the Irish-born John Almon (b. 1706), seaman, and his wife, Isabella Thompson (d. 1744). Apprenticed to a Liverpool bookseller in March 1751, Almon...
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Almon, John (1737–1805), bookseller and political journalist
Lynda L. Leitner
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Driver, Christopher Prout (1932–1997), journalist and writer on food
Paul Levy
Driver, Christopher Prout (1932–1997), journalist and writer on food, was born in India on 1 December 1932, the son of Arthur Herbert Driver, a Presbyterian medical missionary, and his wife, Elsie Kathleen Shepherd. When the family returned to England, Dr Driver ran Book in Hand...
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Edwards, (Allen) Clement (1869–1938), trade unionist, barrister, and journalist
Duncan Tanner
Edwards, (Allen) Clement (1869–1938), trade unionist, barrister, and journalist, was born on 7 June 1869 in Knighton, Radnorshire, the third of seven children born to George Benjamin Edwards, auctioneer, master tailor, and draper, and Sarah Ellen (née Tudge). Both parents came from farming, nonconformist, and radical families in the border areas. ...
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Heath, Ambrose (1891–1969), writer on cookery and journalist
Paul Levy
Heath, Ambrose (1891–1969), writer on cookery and journalist, was born Francis Geoffrey Miller (the second forename was later changed to Gerald) on 7 February 1891 at 16 Broadhurst Gardens, Hampstead, London, the son of Francis Miller (1866–1935), electrical engineer, and his wife, ...
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Heath, Ambrose (1891–1969)
Maker: Howard Coster
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Ambrose Heath (1891–1969) by Howard Coster, 1939 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Jackson, Michael (1942–2007), journalist and writer on beer and whisky
Lawrence Goldman
Jackson, Michael (1942–2007), journalist and writer on beer and whisky, was born on 27 March 1942 at Stockeld Park maternity home, Spofforth, Wetherby, Yorkshire, the son of Isaac (Jack) Jackson, First Aid Party member and commercial traveller, and Margaret Duff, née Millington, the wife of ...
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Masefield, Sir Peter Gordon (1914–2006), aeronautical engineer, journalist, and industrialist
Norman Barfield
Masefield, Sir Peter Gordon (1914–2006), aeronautical engineer, journalist, and industrialist, was born at Tolima, Albert Road, Trentham, Staffordshire, on 19 March 1914, the son of William Gordon Masefield (1885–1974), a doctor specializing in mental health, and his wife, Marian Ada (1885–1976), daughter of ...
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Masefield, Sir Peter Gordon (1914–2006)
Maker: J. Russell & Sons
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Sir Peter Gordon Masefield (1914–2006) by J. Russell & Sons Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library)
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Morrison, James (1802–1835), journalist and trade unionist
John Rule
Morrison, James (1802–1835), journalist and trade unionist, was born in Newcastle upon Tyne to working-class parents, probably of Scottish descent. A house-painter by trade, he first came into public life in Birmingham in his mid-twenties. In 1822 he began to live with the sixteen-year-old ...
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Murdoch, John (1818–1903), journalist and customs and excise official
Charles W. J. Withers
Murdoch, John (1818–1903), journalist and customs and excise official, was born on 15 January 1818 at Lynemore Farm, Ardclach, Nairnshire, Scotland, the second child and eldest son of the nine children of John Murdoch, farm manager, and Mary McPherson, daughter of an Inverness-shire...
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Newton, William (1822–1876), trade unionist and journalist
Alastair J. Reid
Newton, William (1822–1876), trade unionist and journalist, was born in Congleton, Cheshire, the son of William Newton, a skilled engineer. He began an engineering apprenticeship at Kirk's foundry, Etruria, Staffordshire, at the age of fourteen, became a member of the Journeymen Steam Engine and Machine Makers' Society...
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Postgate, Raymond William (1896–1971), journalist and writer on food and wine
J. M. Bellamy
revised by Mark Pottle
Postgate, Raymond William (1896–1971), journalist and writer on food and wine, was born in Cambridge on 6 November 1896, the eldest of four sons and second of the six children of John Percival Postgate (1853–1926), classical scholar and fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge...
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Potter, George (1828–1893), trade unionist and journalist
Alastair J. Reid
Potter, George (1828–1893), trade unionist and journalist, was born in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, probably in 1828 (though he later recorded his age as consistent with birth in 1831 or 1832), the second of at least three sons of Edmund William Potter (1794–1857...
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Prentice, Archibald (1792–1857), journalist and free-trader
Paul R. Ziegler
Prentice, Archibald (1792–1857), journalist and free-trader, was born on 17 November 1792 at Covington Mains, a farm in the Upper ward of Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was one of seven children born to the yeoman farmer Archibald Prentice and his second wife, Helen, daughter of ...
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Reid, James [Jimmy] (1932–2010), trade unionist, political activist, and journalist
Alastair J. Reid
Reid, James [Jimmy] (1932–2010), trade unionist, political activist, and journalist, was born at 56 Whitefield Road, Govan, Glasgow, on 9 July 1932, the younger son and second youngest of the seven children of Leo Reid, casual labourer, and his wife, Isabella, née McLean...
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Reid, James [Jimmy] (1932–2010)
Maker: David Reed
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James Reid (1932–2010) by David Reed, 1971 © David Reed / National Portrait Gallery, London
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Ryder, Sydney Franklin Thomas [Don], Baron Ryder of Eaton Hastings (1916–2003), journalist and industrialist
Geoffrey Owen
Ryder, Sydney Franklin Thomas [Don], Baron Ryder of Eaton Hastings (1916–2003), journalist and industrialist, was born on 16 September 1916 at 20 Balfour Road, Ealing, London, the son of John Ryder and his wife, Amelia Sarah, née Graimes. At the time of his birth his father was serving as a driver in the ...
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Ryder, Sydney Franklin Thomas [Don], Baron Ryder of Eaton Hastings (1916–2003)
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Sydney Franklin Thomas Ryder, Baron Ryder of Eaton Hastings (1916–2003) by unknown photographer, 1985 UPPA/Photoshot
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Simmonds, Peter Lund (1814–1897), newsagent and journalist
David Greysmith
Simmonds, Peter Lund (1814–1897), newsagent and journalist, was born on 24 July 1814 in Aarhus, Denmark. He was adopted by Lieutenant George Simmonds RN—but his precise origins and the events leading to his adoption are obscure. The Simmondses were a naval family and their home at ...
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Small, Edward Francis (1890–1958), journalist, trade unionist, and nationalist politician in the Gambia
Arnold Hughes
Small, Edward Francis (1890–1958), journalist, trade unionist, and nationalist politician in the Gambia, was born on 29 January 1890, in Bathurst (later Banjul), capital of the British colony of the Gambia. His father was John W. Small, a well-regarded Aku (Sierra Leonian) Methodist tailor and outfitter. He was one of four children—two boys and two stepsisters. An unusually able pupil, he won a government scholarship to ...
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