See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS See also:STEAD (1849– )
, See also:English journalist, was See also:born at Embleton, See also:Northumberland, on the 5th of See also:July 1849, the son of a Congregational See also:minister
.
He went to school at See also:Wakefield, but was See also:early apprenticed in a See also:merchant's See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office at See also:Newcastle-on-See also:Tyne; he soon gravitated however, into See also:journal-ism, and in 1871 became editor of the See also:Darlington See also:Northern See also:Echo
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In 188o he went to See also:London to be assistant editor of the See also:Pall Mall See also:Gazette under See also:John See also:Morley, and when the latter retired he became editor (1883–1889)
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Up to 1885 he had distinguished himself for his vigorous handling of public affairs, and his brilliant modernity in the presentation of See also:news
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He introduced the " interview," made a feature of the Pall Mall " extras " (see also See also:NEWSPAPERS: London), and his enterprise and originality exercised a potent See also:influence on contemporary journalism and politics
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His See also:enthusiasm, however, carried him too far when in 1885 he entered upon a crusade against See also:vice by See also:publishing a See also:series of articles on the " See also:Maiden See also:Tribute of See also:Modern See also:Babylon." Though his See also:action undoubtedly furthered the passing .of the Criminal See also:Law See also:Amendment See also:Act, it made his position on the See also:paper impossible; and his imprisonment at See also:Holloway for three months on a See also:charge arising out of his crusade made his connexion with the whole subject a source of considerable See also:prejudice
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On leaving the Pall Mall he founded the monthly See also:Review of Reviews (189o), and his abundant See also:energy and facile See also:pen found See also:- SCOPE (through Ital. scopo, aim, purpose, intent, from Gr. o'KOaos, mark to shoot at, aim, o ic07reiv, to see, whence the termination in telescope, microscope, &c.)
scope in many other directions in journalism of an advanced humanitarian type
.
He started cheap reprints (See also:Penny Poets and See also:Prose See also:Classics, &c.), conducted a spiritualistic See also:organ, called Borderland (1893-1897), in which he gave full See also:play to his See also:interest in psychical See also:research; and became an enthusiastic supporter of the See also:peace See also:movement, and of many other movements, popular and unpopular, in which he impressed the public generally as an extreme visionary, though his See also:practical energy was recognized by a considerable circle of admirers and pupils
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At the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the See also:Boer See also:War of 1899 he threw himself into the Boer cause and attacked the See also:government with characteristic violence
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Yet amid all his unpopularity, and all the suspicion and opposition engendered by his methods, his See also:personality remained a forceful one both in public and private See also:life
.
He was an early imperialist dreamer, whose influence on See also:Cecil See also:Rhodes in See also:South See also:Africa remained of See also:primary importance; and many politicians and statesmen, who on most subjects were completely at variance with his ideas, nevertheless owed something to them
.
Mr Rhodes made him his confidant, and was inspired in his will by his suggestions; and Mr See also:Stead was intended to be one of Mr Rhodes's executors, though his name was struck out after the Boer War (see his Last Will and Testament of C
.
J
.
Rhodes, 1902)
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The number of his publications gradually became very large, as he wrote with facility and sensational fervour on all sorts of subjects, from The Truth about See also:Russia (1888) to If See also:Christ came to See also:Chicago (1893), and from Mrs See also:Booth (1900) to The Americanization of the See also:World (1902)
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In private life his keen sense of merit and kindly interest influenced many aspirants to journalism and literature
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