Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
Politician
1865 – 1922
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Who was 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 exercised vast influence over British popular opinion.
His company Amalgamated Press employed Arthur Mee and John Hammerton, and the Amalgamated Press subsidiary the Educational Book Company published the Harmsworth Self-Educator, The Children's Encyclopædia, and Harmsworth's Universal Encyclopaedia.
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- Born
- Jul 15, 1865
Dublin - Also known as
- Alfred Charles William Harmsworth
- Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
- Alfred Harmsworth
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Education
- Stamford School
- Died
- Aug 14, 1922
London
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on July 23, 2013
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