1. Frederick Greenwood was an English journalist, editor, and man of letters.
11 Facts About Frederick Greenwood
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Frederick Greenwood completed Elizabeth Gaskell's novel Wives and Daughters after her death in 1865.
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Frederick Greenwood started life in a printing house, but at an early age began to write in periodicals.
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Frederick Greenwood wrote several novels: The Loves of an Apothecary, The Path of Roses and Under a Cloud.
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Frederick Greenwood completed Elizabeth Gaskell's unfinished novel Wives and Daughters after she died suddenly in 1865.
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Frederick Greenwood conceived the idea of an evening newspaper, which, with news, should mainly contain original articles.
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Frederick Greenwood took the Anti-Jacobin and the Saturday Review of 1864 as models.
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Frederick Greenwood waited for the official announcement before publishing the news.
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At the St James's Frederick Greenwood remained for over eight years, continuing to exercise a marked influence upon political affairs, notably as a pungent critic of the Gladstone administration and an independent supporter of Lord Salisbury.
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In January 1891 Frederick Greenwood brought out a weekly review which he named the Anti-Jacobin.
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Frederick Greenwood continued to express his views on political and social questions in contributions to newspapers and magazines, writing frequently in the Westminster Gazette, the Pall Mall, Blackwood, the Cornhill, etc.