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Alfred Harmsworth, Lord Northcliffe

(1865—1922) journalist and newspaper proprietor

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Harmsworth, Alfred, Viscount Northcliffe

Harmsworth, Alfred, Viscount Northcliffe   Reference library

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2006
Subject:
Literature, Children's literature studies
Length:
171 words

(1865–1922), Anglo-Irish journalist and newspaper proprietor. After an enforced adolescent start in journalism, to support his widowed mother,

Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere

Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere  

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(1868–1940).Newspaper proprietor. Younger brother of Alfred Harmsworth, Viscount Northcliffe. Harold Harmsworth accepted Alfred's offer to provide financial management for the publishing venture ...
Magnet

Magnet  

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Literature
Also published as The Magnet Library (1908–1940), The Magnet was a popular tabloid weekly paper for boys, published by Alfred Harmsworth's Amalgamated Press. This cheap illustrated small paper ...
Northcliffe, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, Viscount

Northcliffe, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, Viscount (1865–1922)   Quick reference

World Encyclopedia

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2004
Subject:
Encyclopedias
Length:
50 words

b. Ireland. In 1896 he launched the Daily Mail, whose concise, populist style of news presentation proved very

Times

Times  

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Was founded under the name of ‘The Daily Universal Register’ on 1 Jan. 1785 by John Walter, the name being changed to The Times in 1788. It was one of the first papers to employ special foreign ...

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