First Baron Reith of Stonehaven
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Arts
- Subcategories: Media, Journalism, Journalists, Television, Radio, Broadcasting, Communications
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, British History
Article abstract: Reith created in the British Broadcasting Corporation the world’s most famous radio broadcasting system, in which was combined high culture and moral uplift as well as entertainment.
Early Life
John Charles Walsham Reith was born on July 20, 1889, in Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland. His father, the Reverend George Reith, of the Scottish Free Church, was a prominent Glasgow minister, and his grandfather, also George Reith, had been an engineer and manager of the Clyde Navigation Trust. His mother, Adah Mary, was the daughter of a...
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