Morning Star (19th-century UK newspaper)
For other uses, see Morning Star (newspaper).
The Morning Star was a radical pro-peace London daily newspaper started by Richard Cobden and John Bright in March 1856.
The newspaper was edited by Samuel Lucas from 1857 until his death in 1865. He had a financial stake in the paper, and as an "active managing partner" he succeeded in recruiting the Irish politician, historian and novelist Justin McCarthy and novelist Edmund Yates as contributors.[1] McCarthy succeeded Lucas as editor from 1865 until 1868.
The Scottish novelist William Black briefly worked as a journalist on the paper in 1863–4.
Editors
- 1857: Samuel Lucas
- 1865: Justin McCarthy
- 1869: John Morley
References
- ↑ Taylor, H. J.; Spencer (2004), "Lucas, Samuel (1811–1865)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.), Oxford University Press, retrieved 5 January 2008 (subscription required)
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