Lord Reith
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Scottish person
broadcasting executive
director-general
human
member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom
Lord Reith was the founding director-general of the BBC and a key architect of British public service broadcasting in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lord Reith canonical | 2 |
| Baron Reith | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish person
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broadcasting executive ⓘ director-general ⓘ human ⓘ member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1889-07-20 ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War I
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surface form:
First World War
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfElevationToPeerage | 1940 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1971-06-16 ⓘ |
| education |
Gresham’s School
NERFINISHED
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Royal Technical College, Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ The Glasgow Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | British Broadcasting Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Reith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | John Charles Walsham Reith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | 1st Baron Reith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
BBC editorial standards
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British public service broadcasting model ⓘ global public broadcasting systems ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Reithian principles of broadcasting
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formulating the BBC public service broadcasting ethos ⓘ founding director-general of the BBC ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Privy Council
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surface form:
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
|
| militaryService | British Army ⓘ |
| mottoOfBroadcasting | inform, educate and entertain ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Baron Reith
NERFINISHED
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Baron Reith of Stonehaven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
development of British public service broadcasting
ⓘ
establishment of the BBC as a public corporation ⓘ |
| occupation |
broadcaster
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civil servant ⓘ engineer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kincardineshire
NERFINISHED
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Scotland ⓘ Stonehaven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Edinburgh
NERFINISHED
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Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of the BBC
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Director-General of the BBC NERFINISHED ⓘ Managing Director of the BBC ⓘ Member of the House of Lords ⓘ Minister of Information ⓘ Postmaster General of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
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surface form:
Presbyterianism
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
John Reith
this entity surface form:
Baron Reith