National Observer (UK)
The National Observer was a British newspaper published from 1888 to 1897. It began as the Scots Observer and was renamed when it moved from Edinburgh to London in 1889.[1] It was considered "conservative in its political outlook" and "liberal in its literary taste".[1]
William Ernest Henley was the editor from 1889 to 1893, assisted by general manager James Nicol Dunn.[1][2] Henley was recruited by , the major backer of the Observer, and brought in young writers including Rudyard Kipling. The political line was that of Charles Whibley, assistant editor, a diehard Tory. Bell became discouraged by 1894, and sold out.[3] Henley was succeeded by James Edmund Vincent,[4] with Percival Parr as editor.[5]
Writers of fiction published in The National Observer include Thomas Hardy, George Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, James Barrie, William Butler Yeats, and Rudyard Kipling.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "William Ernest Henley". Encyclopædia Britannica. britannica.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
- ^ "Dunn, James Nicol, (12 Oct. 1856–30 June 1919), London Editor Glasgow News since 1914". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u195882. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ Wintersgill, Donald. "Bell, Robert Fitzroy". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/100753. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Warsop, Keith (2004). The Early F.A. Cup Finals and the Southern Amateurs. Tony Brown, Soccer Data. pp. 112–113. ISBN 1-899468-78-1.Parr had played in the 1880 FA Cup Final.
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