About Samuel Prior
Lived 1869 – 1933 (aged 64). Samuel Prior was an Australian journalist.
Samuel Henry Prior (10 January 1869 – 6 June 1933), was an Australian journalist, manager and editor of The Bulletin.
Born in Brighton, South Australia, Prior was educated at Glenelg Grammar School and the Bendigo School of Mines and Industries. He started his career as a teacher, before becoming a mining reporter at the Bendigo Independent. In 1887, he was assigned to Broken Hill, New South Wales, to report on the silver mine. In 1935, his son established the S. H. Prior Memorial Prize for a work of Australian literature. Prior's family retained control of the magazine until it was bought by Consolidated Press Ltd in 1960.
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Australian journalist (1869-1933)
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Samuel Prior was born on 10 January 1869.
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Samuel Prior died on 6 June 1933.
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Samuel Prior was a journalist.
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Samuel Prior was Australian.
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