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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Duncan, William Augustine (1811–1885), newspaper editor and customs official in Australia
Gordon Goodwin
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Duncan, William Augustine (1811–1885), newspaper editor and customs official in Australia, was born on 12 March 1811 at Bluefield, Towie, Aberdeenshire, the son of Peter Duncan and his wife, Mary, née Macdougal. He was educated with a view to being ordained in the ...
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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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Griffiths, Ralph (1720?–1803), journal editor and bookseller
Antonia Forster
Griffiths, Ralph (1720
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Lemon, Denis Edward (1945–1994), newspaper proprietor and restaurateur
Peter Burton
Lemon, Denis Edward (1945–1994), newspaper proprietor and restaurateur, was born on 11 August 1945 at Berryfield House, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, the eldest child and only son of Albert Edward Lemon, an executive officer with the Assistance Board, and his partner, Jane Kenyon, formerly Unsworth (1912–1988)...
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Magee, James (d. 1866)
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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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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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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 ...
