John Lewis

Deceased Person

1858 – 1935

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Who was John Lewis?

John Lewis was a Canadian author and journalist who was, variously, editor of the Toronto Daily Star and the Toronto Globe and served in the Canadian Senate for the last ten years of his life.

Lewis' father, John, was a Welshman who immigrated to Canada and worked as a teacher and school principal. Lewis himself was born on Bay Street in Toronto, Ontario, a few yards from the future site of Toronto's Old City Hall. After attending Dufferin Public School, where his father was the first principal, and Toronto High School, he worked in a law office for a few years before getting a job with the Toronto World in 1881 and then worked for the Mail and Empire and the Winnipeg Tribune before returning to Toronto in 1883 and worked for the Globe for 19 years. During this time he worked in the press gallery in Ottawa for two years before taking on editorial duties at the paper. He also wrote a biography of Globe founder George Brown. From 1902 to 1905 he worked as an editor at The News and the Mail and Empire. He then worked for the Daily Star as editor from 1905 until 1919.

Lewis covered stories as far ranging as the Northwest Rebellion, the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria and numerous election campaigns.

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Born
Jan 17, 1858
Died
May 18, 1935

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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