biography
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Godkin, Edwin Lawrence
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| male
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| lived:
| (1831–1902)
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| biography:
| Editor, born in Co Wicklow, Ireland. He studied at Queen's College, Belfast, became a journalist, and worked as a war correspondent in the Crimea for the London Daily News (1853–5). He emigrated to New York (1856) and wrote for the News and other publications. In 1865 he became editor of The Nation, shaping it into a crusading journal of reformist ideas. He sold this small, ailing, high-quality magazine in 1881 to the New York Evening Post, of which it became a weekly supplement. Two years later, he became editor of the Evening Post, exercising great influence through his powerful, widely quoted editorials, retiring in 1900. A liberal not allied with any party, he earned respect for his broad knowledge, independent-mindedness, and moral purpose, and for his incisive style. |
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