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See also:STEAD, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS (1849– ) , See also:English journalist, was See also:born at Embleton, See also:Northumberland, on the 5th of See also:July 1849, the son of a Congregational See also:minister. He went to school at See also:Wakefield, but was See also:early apprenticed in a See also:merchant's See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office at See also:Newcastle-on-See also:Tyne; he soon gravitated however, into See also:journal-ism, and in 1871 became editor of the See also:Darlington See also:Northern See also:Echo. In 188o he went to See also:London to be assistant editor of the See also:Pall Mall See also:Gazette under See also:John See also:Morley, and when the latter retired he became editor (1883–1889). Up to 1885 he had distinguished himself for his vigorous handling of public affairs, and his brilliant modernity in the presentation of See also:news. He introduced the " interview," made a feature of the Pall Mall " extras " (see also See also:NEWSPAPERS: London), and his enterprise and originality exercised a potent See also:influence on contemporary journalism and politics. His See also:enthusiasm, however, carried him too far when in 1885 he entered upon a crusade against See also:vice by See also:publishing a See also:series of articles on the " See also:Maiden See also:Tribute of See also:Modern See also:Babylon." Though his See also:action undoubtedly furthered the passing .of the Criminal See also:Law See also:Amendment See also:Act, it made his position on the See also:paper impossible; and his imprisonment at See also:Holloway for three months on a See also:charge arising out of his crusade made his connexion with the whole subject a source of considerable See also:prejudice. On leaving the Pall Mall he founded the monthly See also:Review of Reviews (189o), and his abundant See also:energy and facile See also:pen found See also:- SCOPE (through Ital. scopo, aim, purpose, intent, from Gr. o'KOaos, mark to shoot at, aim, o ic07reiv, to see, whence the termination in telescope, microscope, &c.)
scope in many other directions in journalism of an advanced humanitarian type. He started cheap reprints (See also:Penny Poets and See also:Prose See also:Classics, &c.), conducted a spiritualistic See also:organ, called Borderland (1893-1897), in which he gave full See also:play to his See also:interest in psychical See also:research; and became an enthusiastic supporter of the See also:peace See also:movement, and of many other movements, popular and unpopular, in which he impressed the public generally as an extreme visionary, though his See also:practical energy was recognized by a considerable circle of admirers and pupils. At the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the See also:Boer See also:War of 1899 he threw himself into the Boer cause and attacked the See also:government with characteristic violence. Yet amid all his unpopularity, and all the suspicion and opposition engendered by his methods, his See also:personality remained a forceful one both in public and private See also:life. He was an early imperialist dreamer, whose influence on See also:Cecil See also:Rhodes in See also:South See also:Africa remained of See also:primary importance; and many politicians and statesmen, who on most subjects were completely at variance with his ideas, nevertheless owed something to them. Mr Rhodes made him his confidant, and was inspired in his will by his suggestions; and Mr Stead was intended to be one of Mr Rhodes's executors, though his name was struck out after the Boer War (see his Last Will and Testament of C. J. Rhodes, 1902). The number of his publications gradually became very large, as he wrote with facility and sensational fervour on all sorts of subjects, from The Truth about See also:Russia (1888) to If See also:Christ came to See also:Chicago (1893), and from Mrs See also:Booth (1900) to The Americanization of the See also:World (1902). In private life his keen sense of merit and kindly interest influenced many aspirants to journalism and literature.
End of Article: STEAD, WILLIAM THOMAS (1849– )
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