Andrew Bent

Andrew Bent
Born1790
St Giles-in-the-Field London, England
Died26 August 1851 (age about 61)
Sydney, New South Wales
Occupation(s)Printer, publisher and newspaper proprietor
Known forThe Hobart Town Gazette and Southern Reporter, Colonial Times
SpouseMary Kirk (m. 19 September 1816)

Andrew Bent (ca.1791 – 26 August 1851) was a printer, publisher and newspaper proprietor, active in Australia.[1] He established the first successful newspaper in Tasmania, was the first Australian newspaperman to print a newspaper free from government control, and the first Australian printer to be imprisoned for libel.

  1. ^ Pretyman, E. R. (1966). "Bent, Andrew (1790–1851)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 28 August 2014.