William Fairbridge

William Fairbridge
Born(1863-11-02)2 November 1863
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Died5 October 1943(1943-10-05) (aged 80)
Montreux, Switzerland
EducationBedford Modern School
Known forNewspaper Publisher

William Ernest Fairbridge JP (2 November 1863 – 5 October 1943) was a Rhodesian newspaper publisher and municipal official during the early British occupation of Southern Rhodesia. A man, "whose indomitable pluck in the face of endless discouragements deserves an honourable place in the history of journalistic enterprise," he published Rhodesia's first newspaper, the Mashonaland Herald and Zambesian Times in 1891.[1] He also served as the first Mayor of Salisbury in 1897. He subsequently became a leading publishing executive with the Argus group of newspapers in South Africa.[2]

  1. ^ Hole, Hugh Marshall (1968). Hugh Marshall Hole, Old Rhodesian Days (1928), pp. 27-28. Psychology Press. ISBN 9780714616803.
  2. ^ Barton, F. (17 June 1979). The Press of Africa: Persecution and Perseverance. Springer. ISBN 9781349040759. Retrieved 9 April 2019 – via Google Books.