Lewis Doxat
Lewis Doxat | |
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Born | 1778 Calcutta, India |
Died | 4 March 1871 (aged 92–93) London, England |
Occupation(s) | Editor of The Observer Morning Chronicle |
Lewis Doxat (1778, Calcutta, India - 4 March 1871, London, England) was an English newspaper editor.
Biography
Born in India, Doxat came to England as a young boy. He settled in London, where he found work with the
When the owner of The Observer, William Innell Clement, purchased the Morning Chronicle in 1821, he installed Doxat as the newspaper's manager. Doxat served in both positions simultaneously for the next thirteen years, returning exclusively to his duties with The Observer when Clement sold the Morning Chronicle in 1834. Doxat continued to edit The Observer, which developed a reputation during this time for its exclusive information about contemporary politics, until his retirement in 1857.[3]
References
- ^ "Unravelling the DNA inside Britain's oldest Sunday paper". The Guardian. 1 January 2006. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
- ^ "History of the Observer". The Guardian. 6 June 2002. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
- ^ "Observer timeline". The Guardian. 11 June 2002. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
Further reading
- Harrison, Robert; Nilanjana Banerji) (2004). "Doxat, Lewis". In Matthew, Colin; Brian Harrison (eds.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 16. Oxford University Press. p. 824.