Benjamin Henry Day: Quick Facts

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Born	April 10, 1810 • West Springfield • Massachusetts
Died	December 21, 1889 (aged 79) • New York City • New York
Founder	“New York Sun”

The only woman whose name appears on the Declaration of Independence

Mary Katharine Goddard

American printer, publisher, and postmaster

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John Peter Zenger

American printer

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Isaiah Thomas

American journalist

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Bartholomew Green

American journalist

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William Bradford

American printer [1663–1752]

British publisher Robert Maxwell in a suit and patterned tie, seated and looking to his right, 1991.

Robert Maxwell

Czechoslovak-born British publisher

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John Walter, I

English publisher

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Benjamin Harris

British journalist

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Joseph Moses Levy

British journalist

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Joseph Medill McCormick

United States senator

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John Brown Russwurm

American editor, publisher, and statesman

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Louis A. Godey

American publisher

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Charles Edward Russell

American writer

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John Cowles

American publisher

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Samuel Irving Newhouse

American publisher

Rupert Murdoch wearing glasses, a black suit, white shirt, and black tie, posing at the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.

Rupert Murdoch

Australian-born American publisher

William Lloyd Garrison

William Lloyd Garrison

American editor, writer, and abolitionist

Joseph Pulitzer, detail of a portrait by C. de Grimm from The Curio, November 1887.

Joseph Pulitzer

American newspaper publisher

Eleanor Medill Patterson.

Eleanor Medill Patterson

American publisher

Portrait of John Hay Whitney wearing glasses, a suit, and a tie, looking directly at the camera.

John Hay Whitney

American sportsman and businessman