Frederick William Haddon (8 February 1839–7 March 1906), Australian journalist. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends
Haddon was born at Croydon, England. Croydon is a large town and major commercial centre in South London, and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Croydon. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland He was well-educated and became assistant-secretary of the Statistical Society of London and of the Institute of Actuaries. The Royal Statistical Society (RSS is a Learned society for Statistics and a Professional body for Statisticians in the UK. The Institute of Actuaries is one of the two professional bodies representing actuaries in the United Kingdom. He resigned these positions in 1863 to accept an engagement with the Argus, Melbourne, and arriving in December was soon afterwards made sub-editor. The Argus was a morning daily Newspaper in Melbourne established in 1846 and closed in 1957. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 When the The Australasian was established he became its first editor, and in January 1867 was made editor of the Argus while still in his twenty-eighth year. Australasian Post or "Aussie Post" was Australia's longest-running weekly picture magazine It was a period of great developments in Victoria, and under Haddon's editorship the Argus, while distinctly conservative served a most useful purpose in advocating the claims of the primary producers, and endeavouring to keep protective duties within reasonable bounds. It fought with success for non-political control of government departments and purity of administration, with the result that Victoria set a high standard among the colonies in these matters. When Graham Berry and Charles Henry Pearson went as an embassy to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1879, Haddon, who was visiting England in that year, was asked by some of their opponents to set the facts of the controversy before the "government, parliament and press of Great Britain". Sir Graham Berry, KCMG ( 28 August 1822 - 25 January 1904) Australian colonial politician was the 11th Charles Henry Pearson ( 7 September 1830 &ndash 29 May 1894) was a British -born Australian historian educationist The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories He compiled a pamphlet which was printed in London, The Constitutional Difficulty in Victoria. This was sent to all the members of the British parliament and to the press. He also personally interviewed leading statesmen and editors, and probably was a strong influence on the failure of the mission. There was not really, however, a strong case for British interference.
On his return Haddon slipped unobtrusively back into his editorial chair. He was of a dispassionate nature and set a high standard in the discussion of public matters. The Argus fought well for federation, which had practically become certain when Haddon in 1898 resigned his editorship to take up the important task of representing the Edward Wilson Estate on the management of the Argus and Australasian. He died at Melbourne on 1906-03-07. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus He was twice married (1) to a daughter of J. C. King and (2) to Alice Good who survived him with a daughter by the first marriage.
Haddon was an even-tempered, honourable and courteous man, who appreciated good writing and was always ready to encourage it. He refused as an editor to be affected by popular excitement, and though his paper was on occasions criticized for not taking a stronger stand, he probably did all that could be done when it is remembered how strong the remarkable personality of David Syme had made The Age, which for a great part of the period was issued at a lower price than the Argus, and had a much larger circulation. David Syme ( October 2 1827 – February 14 1908) was an Scottish - Australian newspaper proprietor of The Age The Age is a Broadsheet daily Newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854
References
- Serle, Percival (1949). "Haddon, Frederick William". Dictionary of Australian Biography. The Dictionary of Australian Biography, published in 1949, is a reference work by Percival Serle containing information on notable people associated with Sydney: Angus and Robertson.
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