Person    | Male  Born 24/5/1743  Died 13/7/1793

Jean-Paul Marat

Physician, political theorist, scientist, radical journalist and politician from the French Revolution. Murdered in his bath by Charlotte Corday.

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Jean-Paul Marat

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Spirit of Soho Mural

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William Randolph Hearst

William Randolph Hearst

Born San Francisco. A self-made, extremely wealthy newspaper man. The model for Citizen Kane.

Person, Journalism / Publishing, USA

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Proprietors of the Quiver

Proprietors of the Quiver

The Quiver was "a magazine for Sunday and general reading" published around 1876-1925 in New York and London.

Group, Journalism / Publishing

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Baron Paul Julius Reuter

Baron Paul Julius Reuter

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...

Person, Journalism / Publishing, France, Germany

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Frost Fairs

Frost Fairs

There are records of the Thames freezing over as far back as CE 250. The piers of old London Bridge were broad and close together, meaning that they could get easily blocked creating a dam which wo...

Event, Commerce, Food & Drink, Journalism / Publishing

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Will Self

Will Self

Novelist and journalist. Born William Woodard Self in Westminster. He is the author of ten novels, five collections of shorter fiction, three novellas, and five collections of non-fiction writing. ...

Person, Journalism / Publishing, Literature

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