Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
Died 1922-08-14.
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Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, was a British newspaper and publishing magnate. As owner of the Daily Mail and the Daily Mirror, he was an early developer of popular journalism, and he exercised vast influence over British popular opinion during the Edwardian era. Lord Beaverbrook said he was "the greatest figure who ever strode down Fleet Street." About the beginning…
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business · British newspaper and publishing magnate (1865–1922) · politician · publisher · journalist · businessperson · newspaper proprietor · also Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, Lord Northcliffe, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, Alfred Harmsworth, Northcliffe
Born 15 July 1865 · Died 14 August 1922 · Q335193
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1921· 1 entry
Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
And his mission to the United States, from June through to October 1917, has been judged successful by historians
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1918· 1 entry
Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
Harmsworth was created Viscount Northcliffe, of St Peter's in the County of Kent, for his service as the director of the British war mission in the United States
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1906· 1 entry
Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
Harmsworth was raised to the peerage as Baron Northcliffe, of the Isle of Thanet in the County of Kent
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1903· 1 entry
Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
Harmsworth initiated the Harmsworth Cup, the first international award for motorboat racing
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1888· 1 entry
Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
Alfred Harmsworth married Mary Elizabeth Milner on 11 April 1888.
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1880· 1 entry
Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
First visited the Sylvan Debating Club, founded by his father, and of which he later served as Treasurer
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1865· 1 entry
Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
Born 1865-07-15.
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