Concept    From 1853  To 1865

Free Russian Press

Established by Herzen in London 1853.  See our plaque page for its various addresses around Bloomsbury.  See the picture source for much more information.

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Free Russian Press

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Alexander Herzen

Alexander Herzen, 1812 - 1870, operated the Free Russian Press from this buil...

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A. Macmillan & Co.

A. Macmillan & Co.

Publishing firm created by Alexander MacMillan.

Group, Journalism / Publishing

1 memorial
William James Stillman

William James Stillman

William James Stillman was born on 1 June 1828 in Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, USA, the youngest of the eleven children of William Stillman III (1779-1861) and Elizabeth Ward Stillman...

Person, Art, Benefactor, Journalism / Publishing, Photography, Balkans, Greece, Italy, USA

1 memorial
Builder / Building

Builder / Building

Architectural journal created by Joseph Hansom as 'The Builder', renamed 'Building' in 1966 and still going strong. Edited by Hansom and then Alfred Bartholomew, it became successful and well-respe...

Media, Architecture, Journalism / Publishing, Property

1 memorial
Sir Arthur Pearson

Sir Arthur Pearson

Newspaper publisher and philanthropist. Born in Wookey, Somerset. In 1898 he founded the Daily Express, which was innovative in printing news instead of adverts on its front page. When he started t...

Person, Journalism / Publishing, Philanthropy

1 memorial
E. V. Knox

E. V. Knox

Editor of Punch, 1932 - 1949, essayist and poet. Used the penname Evoe. In 1977 his daughter, Penelope Fitzgerald the author, wrote a biography, "The Knox Brothers" of him and his two brothers.

Person, Journalism / Publishing, Literature

1 memorial