About Alexander Campbell
Lived 1883 – 1961 (aged 77–78). Alexander Campbell was a newspaper editor.
Alexander Campbell ( – 10 September 1961) was a British newspaper editor and executive.
Born in Halifax, Campbell joined the Leeds Mercury, soon becoming its assistant editor. He then moved to become deputy editor of the Daily Record. In 1915, he moved to London, helping to launch the new Sunday Pictorial, and becoming its assistant editor.
In 1919, Campbell was appointed as editor of the Daily Mirror, and becoming a director of both the Mirror and the Pictorial. From 1929 to 1931, he served as honorary treasurer of the Institute of Journalists, and he also served as chair of the council of the Newspaper Press Fund, and on the boards of various hospitals.
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Who was Alexander Campbell?
British newspaper editor and executive
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Alexander Campbell was born in 1883.
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Alexander Campbell died in 1961.
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Alexander Campbell was a newspaper editor.
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