Max Aitken

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businessman human media magnate newspaper proprietor peer of the United Kingdom politician propagandist

Max Aitken, later known as Lord Beaverbrook, was a Canadian-born British newspaper magnate, politician, and influential figure in early 20th-century media and wartime propaganda.

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Label Occurrences
Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook 2
Max Aitken canonical 1
Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf businessman ⓘ
human ⓘ
media magnate ⓘ
newspaper proprietor ⓘ
peer of the United Kingdom ⓘ
politician ⓘ
propagandist ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lord Beaverbrook ⓘ
surface form: 1st Baron Beaverbrook

Lord Beaverbrook ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1879-05-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1964-06-09 ⓘ
educatedAt Dalhousie University (did not graduate) ⓘ
surface form: Dalhousie University (attended, did not graduate)

Presbyterian College, Halifax ⓘ
fieldOfWork journalism ⓘ
politics ⓘ
publishing ⓘ
war history ⓘ
fullName William Maxwell Aitken ⓘ
influenced 20th-century British political communication ⓘ
British tabloid journalism ⓘ
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
nobleTitleCreationDate 1917 ⓘ
notableFor building the Daily Express into a mass-circulation newspaper ⓘ
close association with Winston Churchill ⓘ
influence on British public opinion between the World Wars ⓘ
role in British wartime propaganda during World War II ⓘ
writing official histories of Canadian forces in World War I ⓘ
notableWork Evening Standard (ownership and influence) ⓘ
The Daily Express (ownership and development) ⓘ
The Sunday Express (ownership and development) ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
historian ⓘ
newspaper publisher ⓘ
politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Maple, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
placeOfDeath Leatherhead, Surrey, England ⓘ
politicalParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
positionHeld Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ⓘ
Lord Privy Seal ⓘ
Lord Proprietor of the Daily Express ⓘ
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Minister of Aircraft Production ⓘ
Ministry of Information (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: Minister of Information (United Kingdom, wartime role/influence)
residence New Brunswick, Canada ⓘ
surface form: New Brunswick, Canada (early life)

United Kingdom ⓘ
title Lord Beaverbrook ⓘ
surface form: Baron Beaverbrook

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Maxwell Aitken → alsoKnownAs → Max Aitken ⓘ
Sunday Express → founder → Max Aitken ⓘ
this entity surface form: Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook
Cherkley → associatedPerson → Max Aitken ⓘ
this entity surface form: Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook
Wolvercote Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Max Aitken ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook