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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Richardson Evans

Richardson Evans

Civil servant, journalist and author. He served in the Indian Civil Service, for North-Western Provinces from 1867 to 1876, after which he worked in London as a journalist. From the 1880s onwards, ...

Person, Community / Clubs, Journalism / Publishing, Belgium, India

1 memorial
William Randolph Hearst

William Randolph Hearst

Born San Francisco. A self-made, extremely wealthy newspaper man. The model for Citizen Kane.

Person, Journalism / Publishing, USA

1 memorial
George Lansbury

George Lansbury

Born Suffolk. Member of the Poplar Borough Council 1903 - 1940, Mayor 1919 - 20 & 1936 - 37.  Member of Parliament, Minister of the Crown, Privy Councillor. Leader of the Labour Party 1932 - 35...

Person, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare

7 memorials
Proprietors of the Quiver

Proprietors of the Quiver

The Quiver was "a magazine for Sunday and general reading" published around 1876-1925 in New York and London.

Group, Journalism / Publishing

1 memorial
Edwin Arnold

Edwin Arnold

Journalist and poet, Born at Gravesend. In 1852 he obtained the Newdigate prize for his first poem, 'The Feast of Belshazzar' ('High on a throne of ivory and gold, From crown to footstool clad in p...

Person, Journalism / Publishing, Poetry, India, USA

1 memorial