Frederick Greenwood
Frederick Greenwood | |
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Born | April 1830 |
Died | 14 December 1909 Sydenham, London, England | (aged 79)
Occupation(s) | Journalist, editor |
Frederick Greenwood (25 March 1830 – 14 December 1909) was an English journalist, editor, and man of letters. He completed Elizabeth Gaskell's novel Wives and Daughters after her death in 1865.
Early years
Born in Kensington, London, he was the oldest of eleven children of James Caer Greenwood, a coach builder, and his wife, Mary Ann, née Fish. He and two brothers – James and Charles, gained reputations as journalists.[1] Frederick started life in a printing house, but at an early age began to write in periodicals. In 1853 he contributed a sketch of Napoleon III to a volume called The Napoleon Dynasty (2nd ed., 1855). He also wrote several novels: The Loves of an Apothecary (1854), The Path of Roses (1859) and (with his brother James) Under a Cloud (1860).[2]
To the second number of the
Frederick Greenwood completed Elizabeth Gaskell's unfinished novel Wives and Daughters after she died suddenly in 1865.
Pall Mall Gazette
Greenwood conceived the idea of an evening newspaper, which, with news, should mainly contain original articles. Public affairs and culture were to be discussed by authoritative figures. He took the
It was on the suggestion of Greenwood that Beaconsfield purchased in 1875 the
Later years
Early in 1880 the Pall Mall changed owners, and the new proprietor,
In January 1891 Greenwood brought out a weekly review which he named the Anti-Jacobin. It failed, however, to gain public support, the last number appearing in January 1892. In 1893 he published The Lover's Lexicon and in 1894 Imagination in Dreams. He continued to express his views on political and social questions in contributions to newspapers and magazines, writing frequently in the Westminster Gazette, the Pall Mall, Blackwood, the Cornhill, etc. Towards the end of his life his political views reverted in some respects to the Liberalism of his early days.[5]
In the words of George Meredith Greenwood was not only a great journalist, he had a statesman's head. The national interests were always urgent at his heart. He was remarkable for securing for his papers the services of the ablest writers of the day, and for the gift of recognising merit in new writers, such, for instance, as Richard Jefferies and J. M. Barrie. His instinct for capacity in others was as sure as was his journalistic judgment. In 1905, on the occasion of his 75th birthday, a dinner was given in his honour by leading statesmen, journalists, and men of letters (with John Morley—who had succeeded him as editor of the Pall Mall—in the chair). In May 1907 he contributed to Blackwood an article on "The New Journalism," in which he drew a sharp contrast between the old and the new conditions under which the work of a newspaper writer is conducted. He belonged to the Garrick Club.[6] He died at Sydenham on 14 December 1909.[5]
References
- ^ A. J. A. Morris, "Greenwood, Frederick (1830–1909)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, UK): OUP, 2004 Retrieved 1 June 2016
- ^ a b Chisholm 1911, p. 554.
- ^ XIX Century Fiction, Part I, A–K (Jarndyce, Bloomsbury, 2019).
- ^ Chisholm 1911, pp. 554–555.
- ^ a b c d Chisholm 1911, p. 555.
- ^ "GREENWOOD, Frederick". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 728.
Attribution:
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Greenwood, Frederick". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 554–555. This work in turn cites:
- Honouring Frederick Greenwood, being a report of the speeches at the dinner on April 8, 1905 (London, privately printed, 1905)
- "Birth and Infancy of the Pall Mall Gazette," an article contributed by Greenwood to the Pall Mall (14 April 1897)
- "The Blowing of the Trumpet" in the introduction to the St James's (31 May 1880)
- Athenaeum(25 December 1909)
- The Times (17 December 1909)
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
Bibliography
- Scott, J. W. Robertson. The Story of the Pall Mall Gazette; of Its First Editor, Frederick Greenwood; and Its Founder, George Murray Smith. Oxford University Press. 1950
External links
- Works by or about Frederick Greenwood at Wikisource