Dennis Griffiths (8 December 1933 – 24 December 2015) was a British journalist and historian, regarded as the founding father of newspaper history from the earliest days of Fleet Street.[1] His Encyclopedia of the British Press 1422–1992 has become a standard work of reference for the whole industry. Born in Swansea, the son of a compositor, he trained as a printer himself, rose to become the production chief of the London Evening Standard for 18 years and wrote six books, including a definitive history of that newspaper from its launch in 1827,[2] much praised in the foreword by its former owner the late Vere Harmsworth.
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History, Newspaper publishing, Press, Biography, Buckley, Dagbladen, Dialects, Encyclopedias, English language, English newspapers, Evening Standard, Evening Standard (dagblad), Evening standard (London, England), Glossaries, vocabularies, Historia, Journalism, Journalism, great britain, Journalistik, Journalists, Journaux britanniques, Press, great britain, Tidningar, ZeitungID Numbers
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