George Newnes

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Member of Parliament baronet businessperson human magazine editor publisher

George Newnes was a prominent British publisher and editor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for founding influential magazines such as The Strand Magazine, which popularized Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
George Newnes canonical	9
George Newnes Ltd	6
George Newnes Ltd.	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Member of Parliament ⓘ baronet ⓘ businessperson ⓘ human ⓘ magazine editor ⓘ publisher ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
educatedAt	Shrewsbury School ⓘ
employer	George Newnes self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: George Newnes Ltd
era	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
familyName	Newnes ⓘ
fieldOfWork	journalism ⓘ mass media ⓘ publishing ⓘ
founded	George Newnes self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: George Newnes Ltd The Strand Magazine ⓘ Tit-Bits ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
genre	magazine publishing ⓘ popular journalism ⓘ
givenName	George ⓘ
hasPartInHisLegacy	Newnes railway developments in Lynton area ⓘ
influenced	Arthur Conan Doyle’s popularity ⓘ
knownFor	innovative mass-market magazines ⓘ popularizing Sherlock Holmes stories ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
name	George Newnes self-link ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
notablePublication	The Strand Magazine ⓘ The Westminster Gazette ⓘ Tit-Bits ⓘ
notableWork	The Strand Magazine ⓘ The Westminster Gazette ⓘ Tit-Bits ⓘ
occupation	editor ⓘ magazine founder ⓘ publisher ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Woolwich ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Lynton ⓘ
positionHeld	Member of Parliament for Newmarket ⓘ
residence	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Lynton ⓘ surface form: Lynton, Devon
significantEvent	publication of Sherlock Holmes stories in The Strand Magazine ⓘ
title	1st Baronet ⓘ