Walter Fuller (editor)

Walter Fuller
Born	Walter Gladstone Fuller
Nationality	English
Occupation(s)	writer, editor
Known for	anti-war activist, editor of the Radio Times
Spouse	Crystal Eastman
Children	Jeffrey Fuller and Annis Fuller
Relatives	Rosalinde Fuller (sister)

Walter Gladstone Fuller (1881–1927) was an English editor who managed his sisters' singing of folksongs, created anti-war propaganda during the First World War and then worked in New York on The Freeman (208 numbers between March 1920 and March 1924). He was largely responsible for its antiquated layout and use of English spelling; then he became the first BBC employee to edit the Radio Times.

Early life

Walter Fuller was born in 1881 to Walter Henry and Elizabeth Fuller.

After studying medicine at

Managing The Fuller Sisters

Fuller had one older sister, Oriska Violet (Fuller) Ward, and three younger ones; Rosalind Ivy Fuller, Cynthia Rose (Fuller) Dehn, and Dorothy Daisy (Fuller) Odell. He was very close to them all. The eldest, Oriska, had studied the harp (plus the piano and singing) at the

By 1917, "The Fuller Sisters" were famous, recognized and stopped in the streets for their signatures. Then the entry of the US into the First World War put an end to the demand for folksongs.

Activism and career as an editor

By this time, Fuller had become a peace activist, married the renowned American socialist activist

. After working on The Freeman in New York, he returned to England, was recruited by the newly formed BBC and became the first BBC employee to edit Radio Times.^[4] He died in September 1927 of high blood pressure, caused by overwork. His wife, Crystal Eastman, died eight months later. They left two small children, Jeffrey Fuller and Anice Fuller. (It was at this time that his sister Rosalind moved to England to develop the acting career she had been pursuing in the US.)

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