John Walter was an English newspaper publisher and founder of The Times newspaper, which he launched on 1 January 1785 as The Daily Universal Register. He was born in London and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, then located in London. Wikipedia
Born: January 1, 1738, London, United Kingdom
Died: November 17, 1812 (age 74 years), Teddington, United Kingdom
Books: Miscellanies in Prose and Verse Intended as a Specimen of the Types: At the Logographic Printing Office, An Address to the Public: By J. Walter, Shewing the Great Improvement He Has Made in the Art of Printing, by Logographic Arrangements; Stating Also the Various Difficulties and Oppositions He Has Encountered During Its Progress, to the Present State of Perfection, and An Address to the Public: On the Origin of the Art of Printing, with a Description of the Logographic Invention; Being an Introduction to the Publication of the Works of Some of the Most Eminent Authors, Executed by the New Method of Printing with Words Instead of Single Letters. By J. Walter
Children: John Walter, Catherine Walter, and Mary Walter
Education: Merchant Taylors' School
Great grandchildren: Arthur Fraser Walter, unknown daughter Carden, Godfrey Walter, and more
Grandchildren: John Walter, Alfred Douglas Winsloe, Richard Winsloe, and more