Thomas Wemyss Reid
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Sir Thomas Wemyss Reid (1842 - 26 February 1905) was a British newspaper editor, novelist and biographer.
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[edit] Early life
Reid was born at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1842.
[edit] Career
He became chief reporter on the Newcastle Journal aged 19. While working on the Leeds Mercury (1870-87), he won the right for provincial newspapers to be admitted to the House of Commons press gallery.
After being connected with various provincial newspapers - including as editor of the Leeds Mercury [1] - he came to London in 1887 as manager for Cassell and Co, the London publishers.
From 1890-99, he edited his own moderate Liberal magazine The Speaker and wrote a number of biographies, including one of Charlotte Bronte. He also wrote a book on Tunisia, "Land of the Bey", and a number of popular novels, including Gladys Fane.
He was knighted in 1894.
Reid died in 1905 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.
[edit] Writings
Among his more permanent writings are:
- The Land of the Bey (1882),
- Gladys Fane (1883),
- and Lives of William Edward Forster (1888), and Lords Houghton (1891), and Playfair (1899), and William Black, Novelist (1902).
[edit] References
- This article incorporates public domain text from: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London, J.M. Dent & sons; New York, E.P. Dutton.
- ^ The Victorian Age of English Literature by Margaret Oliphant, Lovell, Coryell & Company, 1892
[edit] External links
- Life of William Edward Forster] by Thomas Wemyss Reid, Chapman and Hall, 1888
- Life of the Right Honourable William Edward Forster, by Thomas Wemyss Reid, Chapman & Hall, 1889
- The Life, Letters, and Friendships of Richard Monckton Milnes, First Lord Houghton, by Thomas Wemyss Reid, Cassell and Company, 1890
- William Black: Novelist, by Thomas Wemyss Reid, Cassell and Company, 1902
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