William Berry (journalist)

William Berry (c.1835 – 2 October 1903) was a New Zealand journalist and newspaper editor. He was born in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland on c.1835.^[1]

He was born to Margaret Garden and her husband William Berry. Around the year 1847, aged 12, he was apprenticed in the composing room of The Scotsman newspaper. There he gained experience in different aspects of journalism. On 5 July 1860, he married Henrietta Younger at Edinburgh.

In 1863, Berry was engaged by the

New Zealand Herald and retained this position when it merged with the Southern Cross in 1877. In either 1902 or 1903, he was elected as the president of the New Zealand Institute of Journalists. He died on 2 October 1903. Henrietta died on 9 January 1918.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Thwaites, Ian. "William Berry". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

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[DNZB_Berry-1] Thwaites, Ian. "William Berry". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

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