Baron Paul Julius von Reuter

Home > ... > Literature and the Arts > Journalism and Publishing > Journalism and Publishing: Biographies > ...

Essential reading Compare
side-by-side A Dictionary of World History The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Baron Paul Julius von Reuter

Baron Paul Julius von Reuter , 1816-99, founder of Reuters Telegram Company (now part of Thomson Reuters), b. Kassel, Germany. His original name was Israel Beer Josaphat. First a bank clerk, he started in 1849 a pigeon post service, which bridged a gap in the telegraph line between Aachen, Germany, and Verviers, Belgium. In 1851 he went to England, where he was later naturalized, and soon opened a news office in London. In 1858 he persuaded English newspapers to publish his foreign telegrams. He then extended his influence and soon had worldwide cable connections. In 1865 he converted the Reuters agency into a joint stock company, and he was governing director until 1878. He was named a baron by the duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1871. See news agency .

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/.aspx#1E1-Reuter-B" title="Facts and information about Baron Paul Julius von Reuter">Baron Paul Julius von Reuter</a>

Give this article a thumbs-up on StumbleUpon

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

"Baron Paul Julius von Reuter." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 23 Dec. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

"Baron Paul Julius von Reuter." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (December 23, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Reuter-B.html

"Baron Paul Julius von Reuter." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Retrieved December 23, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Reuter-B.html

Learn more about citation styles

Reuter, Paul Julius, Baron von

A Dictionary of World History | 2000 | Â© A Dictionary of World History 2000, originally published by Oxford University Press 2000. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Reuter, Paul Julius, Baron von (born Israel Beer Josaphat) (1816–99) German pioneer of telegraphy and news reporting. After establishing a service for sending commercial telegrams in Aachen (1849), he moved his headquarters to London, where he founded the news agency Reuters.

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/.aspx#1O48-ReuterPaulJuliusBaronvon" title="Facts and information about Baron Paul Julius von Reuter">Baron Paul Julius von Reuter</a>

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

"Reuter, Paul Julius, Baron von." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 23 Dec. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

"Reuter, Paul Julius, Baron von." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (December 23, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-ReuterPaulJuliusBaronvon.html

"Reuter, Paul Julius, Baron von." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved December 23, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-ReuterPaulJuliusBaronvon.html

Learn more about citation styles

Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Tuesday, July 21 News Wire article from: AP Online; 7/14/2009
	Monday, July 21 News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 7/14/2008

Facts and information from other sites

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, and more

	Reuters stages $1bn coup in a rival's backyard; Merrill Lynch to award huge IT contract - and shut out the global supplier it part-owns. Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 9/15/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...state of the stock market. Reuters, which was worth more than...the six months to June, Reuters posted a pre-tax loss of...per cent from November 1. Reuters . . . London Founder: Baron Paul Julius von Reuter, right, in 1849 Head office...
	Tuesday, July 21 News Wire article from: AP Online; 7/14/2009; 700+ words ; ...history on this date: 1542 - Pope Paul III establishes the Roman Inquisition...discover the head of American hostage Paul M. Johnson Jr. in a freezer during...Italian churchman (1515-1595); Baron Paul Julius von Reuter, German-born news service pioneer...
	Monday, July 21 News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 7/14/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...history on this date: 1542 - Pope Paul III establishes the Roman Inquisition...discover the head of American hostage Paul M. Johnson Jr. in a freezer during...Italian churchman (1515-1595); Baron Paul Julius von Reuter, German-born news service pioneer...
	Thursday, July 21 News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 7/14/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...history on this date: 1542 - Pope Paul III establishes the Roman Inquisition...discover the head of American hostage Paul M. Johnson Jr. in a freezer during...Italian churchman (1515-1595); Baron Paul Julius von Reuter, German-born news service pioneer...
	Wednesday, July 21 News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 7/14/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Highlights in history on this date: 1542 - Pope Paul III establishes the Roman Inquisition to fight Protestantism...Saint Philip Neri, Italian churchman (1515-1595), Baron Paul Julius von Reuter, German-born news service pioneer (1816-1899...
	Anniversaries Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 7/20/1996; 421 words ; ...John Charles Walsham Reith, first Baron Reith, first director-general...Rastenburg, Germany, Colonel von Stauffenburg attempted to assassinate...Philip Neri, missionary, 1515; Paul Julius, Baron von Reuter (Israel Beer Josaphat), founder...