George Josiah Palmer
George Josiah Palmer (1828-1892) was the founder and editor of Church Times.[1][2]
Early years
Palmer was born on 30 June 1828 in Clapham, then in Surrey, the eldest son of George Josiah Palmer, a printer of Savoy Street, Strand, London, and his wife, Charlotte, who was the daughter of John Hatchard, founder of Hatchards bookshop in Piccadilly. He was educated at Clapham grammar school and King's College School. After his schooling he joined his father's printing firm as a compositor, later becoming a manager.[3]
On 15 May 1851 he married Marianne Beall, the daughter of an upholsterer from Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. They had six sons and a daughter.[3]
Career
The year after his marriage, Palmer acquired a small bookselling and printing business in
As well as managing and publishing the Church Times, Palmer also edited it until his retirement in 1887. The paper remained in the ownership of the family for over a hundred years until its sale in 1989 and three of his sons worked at the paper.[3]
Palmer died on 27 January 1892 at 3 Victoria Crescent, Ramsgate[3] and was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "George Josiah Palmer". Oxford Index. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ "Church Times: 150 years". Church Times. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d e Palmer, B. Palmer, George Josiah (1828–1892), newspaper founder and editor. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 22 Oct. 2021, from https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-37831.
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