Pioneer of telegraphy and news reporting.
Born Kassel, Germany as Israel Josaphat. He set up a pigeon post service between Aachen and Brussels. Attracted by the establishment of the Dover-Calais telegraph service he came to London in 1851 and quickly set up a telegraph communications office in Royal Exchange. Initially the information transmitted was primarily stock prices. Converted to Christianity in 1845 and became a British citizen in 1857. Died Nice, France.
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Baron Paul Julius Reuter
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Paul Reuter bust
This style of bust, called a herm bust, originated in ancient Greece. Oddly, ...
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Punch magazine
Founded in early June 1841 at a meeting at the Edinburgh Castle public house in the Strand, attended by Henry Mayhew, brewery manager Mark Lemon, and engraver Ebenezer Landells. The first issue wa...
4 memorials
St Bride Foundation Institute
Established to meet the educational, cultural and social needs of a community working within the burgeoning print industry of the Victorian era. The Londonphile has visited and photographed the in...
Group, Journalism / Publishing, Museums / Libraries, Theatre
1 memorial
Kate Adie
Born Northumberland. Journalist and broadcaster for the BBC, known for her work as a war correspondent.
1 memorial
James Wilson
Manufacturer, economist, journalist and public servant. Born Hawick, Scotland. Died Calcutta. Founder in 1843 of the Economist publication. Liberal MP, opponent of the Corn Laws. Founder of the Cha...
Person, Economist, Industry, Journalism / Publishing, India, Scotland
1 memorial
Nature
Scientific Journal published by Macmillan's. Created by Norman Lockyer to 'provide cultivated readers with an accessible forum for reading about advances in scientific knowledge' The journal's name...
1 memorial
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Cynthia Jarrett
N15, Town Hall Approach Road, Tottenham Town Hall
The Cynthia Jarrett memorial is beneath the ground floor windows on the far right of the photograph. The Bernie Grant plaque is to the ...
1 subject commemorated
Gravesend Pier
Designed by William Tierney Clark. During its early years it was used by millions of passengers, but by the turn of the century, it had fallen into disuse owing to the arrival of the railways. A Gr...
1 memorial
Les Miserables
W1, Wardour Street, Queens Theatre
The Les Mis plaque is laid in the ground at the front, audience, entrance.
1 subject commemorated
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