John Reith, 1st Baron Reith
Politician
1889 – 1971
Who was John Reith, 1st Baron Reith?
John Charles Walsham Reith, 1st Baron Reith, KT GCVO GBE CB TD PC was a Scottish broadcasting executive who established the tradition of independent public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom. In 1922 he was employed by the BBC as its general manager; in 1923 he became its managing director and in 1927 he was employed as the Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation created under a Royal Charter. His concept of broadcasting as a way of educating the masses marked for a long time the BBC and similar organisations around the world.
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- Born
- Jul 20, 1889
Stonehaven - Also known as
- John Charles Walsham Reith
- John Reith
- John Charles Walsham Reith Reith
- Parents
- Ethnicity
- Scottish people
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Gresham's School
- Glasgow Academy
- Employment
- British Broadcasting Corporation
- Died
- Jun 16, 1971
Edinburgh
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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