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 AllRefer.com - Northcliffe, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, Viscount (Journalism And Publishing, Biography) - ...
He was one of the most spectacular of popular journalists and newspaper publishers in the history of the British press.
With his brother Harold (later Viscount Rothermere) as his financial administrator, he increased the circulation of his magazine in five years to more than a million copies a week.
His newspaper campaigns during World War I, particularly those concerning faulty munitions, national conscription, and food rationing, were determining factors in England's conduct of the war, and his support of Lloyd George in 1916 was instrumental in bringing the downfall of the Asquith government.
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 First World War.com - Who's Who - Lord Northcliffe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, later Alfred Lord Northcliffe (1865-1922) was a British newspaper pioneer who revolutionised magazine and newspaper publishing in Britain in the early years of the twentieth century, and who wielded significant political power through the medium of his popular dailies.
Viewing Northcliffe as a loose cannon - and by no means returning Harmsworth's liking of him - Lloyd George attempted to bring the former into the cabinet by offering him control of the air ministry, a pet interest of Northcliffe's (who had long championed scientific and technical innovations).
Made a viscount in 1917, Lloyd George finally convinced Northcliffe that he could play an effective role in government, with the latter accepting an appointment as Director of Propaganda - a position to which he was ideally suited.
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 Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, Viscount Northcliffe --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia ...
Northcliffe's contributions to the British effort in World War I began with his early exposure in the Daily Mail of the British army's shell shortage.
Always unpredictable, Northcliffe became the victim of a megalomania that damaged his judgment and led to the breakdown that preceded his death.
Northcliffe's success as a publisher rested on his instinctive understanding of the new reading public that had been created by compulsory education.
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 Northcliffe, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
Northcliffe left school at the age of 16 and liked to be known as ‘The Napoleon of Fleet Street’.
He supported the removal of Asquith as prime minister in 1916 and Lloyd George appointed him head of the British War Mission in the USA in 1917, and director of propaganda in enemy countries in 1918.
Rothermere, Vere Harold Esmond Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere
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 Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (July 15, 1865, Dublin - August 14, 1922, London) was an influential and successful newspaper owner.
He saved the Observer in 1905, the same year he was made Baron Northcliffe, and purchased The Times in 1908, turning it into a modern newspaper.
Northcliffe used his papers to influence the course of World War I, first calling attention to a shell shortage in the British army and later pressing for both a Ministry of Munitions and the creation of a war cabinet.
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 Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (July 15, 1865, (Capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Free State) Dublin - August 14, 1922, (The capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center) London) was an influential and successful newspaper owner.
He saved the Observer in 1905, the same year he was made Baron Northcliffe, and purchased (additional info and facts about The Times) The Times in 1908, turning it into a modern newspaper.
Lord Northcliffe died in 1922 without issue, his viscouncy and barony both dying with him.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Harmsworth Alfred Charles William Viscount Northcliffe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Harmsworth, Alfred Charles William, Viscount Northcliffe (1865-1922), British journalist and newspaper publisher, born in Chapelizod, near Dublin,...
Alfred Harmsworth, later Lord Northcliffe, the biggest newspaper proprietor...
The 20th century saw a new breed of proprietor come to dominate the press in the United Kingdom.
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 Media proprietor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The figure of the media proprietor first became prominent in the 19th century with the development of mass circulation newspapers.
In United Kingdom they included Lord Northcliffe, Lord Rothermere and Lord Beaverbrook, and were known as "press barons" since most of them were given peerages.
In the United States the best known press tycoon was William Randolph Hearst.
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 The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Northcliffe, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth,... @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
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NORTHCLIFFE, ALFRED CHARLES WILLIAM HARMSWORTH, VISCOUNT [Northcliffe, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, Viscount] 1865-1922, British journalist, b.
He gained control of the dying Times in 1908, putting it back on its feet with changes in makeup and editorial policy; The Times was sold to John Jacob Astor (1886-1971) after Northcliffe's death.
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 astro.iinet.net.au - Northcliffe Western Australia - November 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The townsite of Northcliffe is located in the south west agricultural region, 366 km south of Perth and 31 km south east of Pemberton.
The centre for a large Group Settlement area, it was surveyed in 1923, at the request of the Premier, James Mitchell, and was located at the terminus of the extension of the Bridgetown-Jarnadup railway.
It honours Alfred C M Harmsworth, Viscount Northcliffe, who had died in 1922.
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 The Northcliffe Cup
Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (1865-1922), known as Lord Northcliffe, was a leading British newspaper publisher.
The Northcliffe Cup was presented by Lord Northcliffe to the Aero Club in 1906, to be awarded annually on the first of January to the Briton who made the longest flight during the preceding year.
One of the rules of the Northcliffe Cup was that if it was won by the same person in two consecutive years it became the property of the holder, and thus it became the property of John Dunville.
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 Rothermere, Vere Harold Esmond Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
He became chair of Associated Newspapers in 1971, controlling the right-wing Daily Mail (founded by his great-uncle Lord Northcliffe) and Mail on Sunday (launched in 1982), the London Evening Standard, and a string of regional newspapers.
Northcliffe, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
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 Northcliffe: Press Baron and Empire, 1865-1922 - Compare prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Alfred Harmsworth, later Viscount Northcliffe, was a perplexing blend of megalomania and perspicacity.
Taking his cue from the increasing literacy of the masses in the second half of the 19th century, he saw a niche that could only widen, and devoted his attentions to filling it.
An early publisher wanted a biography of Northcliffe which would "be for biographies what the Daily Mail was to its contemporaries when it first appeared".
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In his new biography, Northcliffe: Press Baron in Politics 1865-1922, J. Lee Thompson asks whether Harmsworth's Irish origins and his success were related.
Harmsworth (later created Viscount Northcliffe) was a passionate Unionist who hated the idea of Irish liberation.
Northcliffe: Press Baron in Politics 1865-1922, by J Lee Thompson, is published by John Murray, ú28hb.
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 The Budapest Sun Online - Story page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Dancsecs, speaking then, said, "The fountain was put up in 1929 in honor of Viscount Rothermere, the English press magnate, who immediately after the signing of the Trianon Treaty pointed out that the borders in the Carpathian Basin were badly drawn out.
Harold Sidney Harmsworth, First Viscount Rothermere of Hemstead (born in 1868), was a newspaper proprietor who, with his brother Alfred Harmsworth, later created Viscount Northcliffe, built the most successful journalistic empire in British history and largely created popular journalism in the UK.
His son, Jonathan, the Fourth Viscount Rothermere, is now Chairman of the board of the Daily Mail and General Trust.
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 Northcliffe, Alfred Harmsworth, Viscount --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
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British newspaper proprietor who, with his brother Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, built the most successful journalistic empire in British history and created popular journalism in that country.
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 Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, Viscount Northcliffe --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Northcliffe (of Saint Peter), Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, Viscount
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 The Protocols of Zion and the attempt to make the League of Nations a World Government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
On May 3, 1922 Lord Northcliffe attended a farewell luncheon in London for a retiring editor of one of his papers and "was in fine form".
Northcliffe and Lloyd George, parties to one of the most significant of all wartime alliances which had become one of the bitterest peacetime antagonisms, never met after the Armistice.
The medical report that Northcliffe's health was "entirely recoverable" but that it "will take many months," was made on the 17th when Walters received notice of a meeting of the Directors called for Monday afternoon the 19th, for the passing of the transfer.
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Harmsworth introduced a number of reforms into newspaper management, notably a 5-day week and higher salaries for editorial employees, and a profit-sharing system for key staff members.
Harmsworth was elevated to the peerage in 1905 as Baron Northcliffe and was created a viscount in 1917.
During World War I Harmsworth served as chairman of the British war mission to the U.S. After the war, his chief editorial efforts were devoted to resolving Irish opposition to British rule.
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 Northcliffe, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, Viscount - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
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 The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Rothermere, Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
ROTHERMERE, HAROLD SIDNEY HARMSWORTH, 1ST VISCOUNT [Rothermere, Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount], 1868-1940, English publisher.
He was the financial wizard of the publishing firm headed by his brother Alfred, Viscount Northcliffe.
In 1915 he founded the Sunday Pictorial and after his brother's death in 1922 gained control of the vast newspaper empire.
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 Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, Viscount Northcliffe --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all ...
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Rothermere (of Hemsted), Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount, Baron Rothermere Of Hemsted
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 Publishing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
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 1949 Harmsworth Trophy - Race of the Giants
Although the B.I.T. was not its donor's main claim to fame, races for it have long provided an interesting setting for the parade of the latest in high speed boats.
With the only technical limitation on competing craft being a length maximum of 40 feet, it is quite natural that Harmsworth boats have generally been the largest and fastest internal combustion-engined craft of their day.
The first contest for Northcliffe's plaque was run off in 1903 with England emerging the winner through the 19.53 m.p.h.
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 TIME Magazine Archive Article -- First Press Lord -- Apr. 10, 1972   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
In Fontainebleau, the British newspaper publisher Lord Northcliffe once tried on Napoleon's hat.
Northcliffe was crazy by then, but putting on Napoleon's hat wasn't as crazy as it sounded.
Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, first (and only) Viscount Northcliffe, was indubitably the First Press Lord of Britain.
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 The National Archives | Exhibitions & Learning online | First World War | Glossary
No Man's Land Term, dating from as early as the 14th century, that was used to describe the territory between the Allied and German frontlines in Belgium and France during the First World War.
Northcliffe, Viscount (1865-1922; born Alfred Harmsworth) Press baron who created the Daily Mail and owned The Times; known for his anti-German tendencies, he was appointed by the government as director of propaganda in enemy countries in 1918.
Appointed to command the Turkish forces in Mesopotamia in April 1915, his troops defeated the advancing British forces at Ctesiphon (22-26 November) and subsequently trapped them at Kut-al-Amara.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 7351
He was the son of Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere and Mary Lilian Share.
     Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, Viscount Northcliffe was born on 15 July 1865.
She married Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, Viscount Northcliffe, son of Alfred Harmsworth and Geraldine Mary Maffet, on 11 April 1888.
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