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Alfred Harmsworth, the eldest child of Alfred Harmsworth (–), a barrister, and his wife, Geraldine Maffett Harmsworth (–), was born in Chapelizod near Dublin, on 15th July, (1)
Over the next twenty years his mother gave birth to thirteen children. Harold (April ), Cecil (September ), Robert (November ), Hildebrand (March ), Violet (April ), Charles (December ), St John (May ), Maud (December ), Christabel (April ), Vyvyan (April ), Muriel (May ) and Harry (October ). (2)
His father moved the family to London in His father's career did not prosper in England. The main reason for this was that he was an alcoholic. His own father, Charles Harmsworth, had also been an alcoholic, dying at fifty-three of cirrhosis of the liver. "Alfred's drinking would become the central problem of his wife's life, and later the lives of his children." (3)
Alfred's brother, Harold Harmsworth, later recalled that the boys suffered a traumatic experience when they were young. A neighbour, who was a City stockbroker, was made bankrupt and this resulted in him killing all the members of his family before committing suicide. It seems this event motiva
Greatest man who ever strode down Fleet Street: That's how his biggest rival described Lord Northcliffe, creator of the Daily Mail. And this week the media world celebrated a new biography by historian Andrew Roberts
A century on from the death of 'the greatest newspaperman' in British journalism, the media world gathered this week to hear eminent biographer Andrew Roberts describe the extraordinary life and achievements of Lord Northcliffe, the founder of the Daily Mail.
'Great men are seldom nice men,' declared the historian, recently ennobled as Lord Roberts of Belgravia, reflecting on a 'genius' who was both revered and condemned by friends and enemies alike.
What has never been disputed, however, was that the mercurial Alfred Harmsworth, who later became Baron and Viscount Northcliffe, known to all as 'The Chief', shaped the modern media like no one else — and continues to do so to this day.
Lord Roberts's new biography of Northcliffe, The Chief, is based on unique access to the Harmsworth family archive. It has been widely acclaimed for its uncompromising warts-and-all portrayal of the complex and controversial character who invented popular journalism. Not only did No
Harmsworth, Alfred Charles William, Viscount Northcliffe
By Adrian Bingham
Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe ()
The British newspaper and publishing magnate Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe owned the “Daily Mail” and the “Daily Mirror”, giving him the opportunity to exert significant influence over British popular opinion.
Bain News Service: Lord Northcliffe, black-and-white photograph, n.p., ca. ; source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ggbain,
Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Harmsworth, Alfred Charles William
(1st Viscount Northcliffe, Lord Northcliffe)
Newspaper Owner
Born 15 July in Chapelizod, Ireland
Died 14 August in London, Great Britain
Summary
Lord Northcliffe was the owner of the influential London newspapers the Daily Mail and The Times, and a powerful critic of the Asquith administration’s prosecution of the war. In the final years of the war he took up official positions as head of the war mission to the United States, and Director of Propaganda in Enemy Countries.Introduction
Alfred Harmsworth (), ennobled in as Lord Northcliffe, was the most infl
Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (July 15, – August 14, ) was a Britishnewspaper and publishing magnate, who revolutionized newspaper and magazine publishing in Britain. He was famous for buying stolid, unprofitable newspapers and transforming them to be lively and entertaining for the mass market.
Life and work
Alfred Charles William Harmsworth was born on July 15, in Chapelizod, near Dublin, Ireland, and was educated at the Stamford School in Lincolnshire, England. He left school at the age of 16 to become a free-lance journalist. At first he worked for the boy’s magazineYouth, and in was hired by Edward Iliffe to edit his magazine, Bicycling News.
Early career
Alfred Harmsworth soon founded his first newspaper, Answers to Correspondents, and was joined by his brother Harold, who had a talent for business matters. The Harmsworths promised their readers that they would publish answers on every question of general interest sent in by readers. Answers to Correspondents became a great success and within just four years, they were selling over a million copies a week.
Harmsworth had an intuitive sense for what the reading public wanted
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