The Atlas(newspaper)
The Atlaswas a weekly newspaper published inEnglandfrom 1826 to 1869.
History
[edit]The newspaper was founded byRobert Stephen RintoulinLondonin 1826.[1]Describing itself as "a general newspaper and journal of literature",The Atlasinitially distinguished itself from its rivals both by the size of paper it used (it boasted of being printed on "the largest sheet ever issued from the press" ) and by its price (oneshilling,almost double that of comparable journals).[1]The price was gradually reduced (10din 1828, 8d in 1846, falling to 2d by 1858). In the late 1850s, publication was taken over by theUnited Kingdom Alliance,a Manchester-based pro-temperanceorganization.[1]The title was changed toThe Englishmanbetween 1862 and 1865, before reverting toThe Atlas.During 1869, the final year of its operation, its name changed toThe Atlas and Public Schools Chronicleand finallyThe Public Schools Chroniclefor the remainder of that year.[1]
Content
[edit]The newspaper supported theWhigs,(laterLiberals). Noted contributors includedWilliam Hazlitt,Leigh Hunt,Louis KossuthandGeorge Henry Lewes.[1]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- "Atlas (1826–1869)",in Brake (ed.),Dictionary of Nineteenth-century Journalism in Great Britain and Ireland(2009).
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