Hezekiah Niles

Hezekiah Niles
Color oil painting of the bust of an older white man facing the viewer with wavy white hair ending about the ears with pursed lips and a dignified countenance before a dark background wearing a dark jacket over white shirt with a raised white collar wrapped in a white cravat.
Painting by John Wesley Jarvis, 1827
Born(1777-10-10)October 10, 1777
Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
DiedApril 2, 1839(1839-04-02) (aged 61)
Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Resting placeWilmington and Brandywine Cemetery
Wilmington, Delaware, United States
OccupationJournalist, editor, publisher

Hezekiah Niles (October 10, 1777 – April 2, 1839), was an American editor and publisher of the Baltimore-based national weekly news magazine, Niles' Weekly Register (aka Niles' Register) and the Weekly Register.[1]

  1. ^ Niles, Hezekiah, ed. (March–September 1823). Niles' Weekly Register. Vol. 24. Baltimore: William Ogden Niles.