John Thadeus Delane
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John Thadeus Delane | |
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Born | John Thadeus Delane 11 October 1817[1] London, England |
Died | 22 November 1879 Ascot, Berkshire, England | (aged 62)
Education | King's College London Magdalen Hall, Oxford |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, editor |
John Thadeus Delane (11 October 1817 – 22 November 1879), editor of The Times (London), was born in London.
He was the second son of W.F.A. Delane, a
While still a boy he attracted Walter's attention, and it was always intended that he should find work on the paper. He received a good general education at private schools and
In 1841 he succeeded Thomas Barnes as editor, a post which he occupied for thirty-six years. He from the first obtained the best introductions into society and the chief political circles, and had a position there such as no journalist had previously enjoyed, using his opportunities with a sure intuition for the way in which events would move.
His staff included some of the most brilliant men of the day, (e.g. Eneas Sweetland Dallas), who worked together with a common ideal. The result to the paper, which in those days had hardly any real competitor in English journalism, was an excellence of information which gave it great power. Delane was a man of many interests and great judgment; capable of long application and concentrated attention, with power to seize always on the main point at issue, and rapidly master the essential facts in the most complicated affair.
His general policy was to keep the paper a national organ of opinion above party, but with a tendency to sympathize with the
A biography by his nephew, Arthur Irwin Dasent, was published in 1908.
References
- ^ "The Times Newspaper". 11 October 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Delane, John Thadeus". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 943. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the