John Walter (publisher)
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| Born | 1 January 1738 London, England |
| Died | 16 November 1812 (aged 74) Teddington, Middlesex, England |
| Education | Merchant Taylors' School |
| Spouse |
Frances Landen (m. 1759) |
| Children | 6, including John |
| Relatives | Harriet Walter (great-great-great-great-granddaughter) |
John Walter (1 January 1738 – 17 November 1812) was an English newspaper publisher and founder of The Times newspaper, which he launched on 1 January 1785 as The Daily Universal Register. He was born in London and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, then located in London.
Biography
Walter was engaged in a prosperous business as a coal merchant from the death of his father Richard Walter (about 1755/6) until 1781.
In 1782, he bought from one Henry Johnson a patent for a new method of printing from logotypes (i.e. founts of words or portions of words, instead of letters), and made some improvements to it. In 1784 he acquired an old printing office in
At first Walter only undertook the printing of books, but on 1 January 1785 he started a small newspaper called The Daily Universal Register,[3] which on reaching its 940th number on 1 January 1788 was renamed The Times.
The printing business developed and prospered, but the newspaper at first had a somewhat chequered career. On 11 July 1789 Walter was convicted of
In 1799 Walter was again convicted for a technical
In 1759 he had married Frances Landen (died 1798), by whom he had six children. He very soon gave up the duties he undertook in 1795, and in 1803 transferred the sole management of the business to his son, John.[5]
References
- ^ "John Walter, I". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ Feather, John (1 January 1977). "John Walter and the Logogrpahic Press". Publishing History. 1: 92 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Gale". Enter Product Login (in Albanian). Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Teddington: Manor House, The Grove and other houses demolished in the 19th and 20th c". Twickenham Museum. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ "John Walter". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Hugh Chisholm (1911). "Walter, John". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). p. 295-296.
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