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Frederick Marriott (July 16, 1805 – December 16, 1884 in San Francisco, California) was an English-born American publisher and early promoter of aviation, creator of the ''Avitor Hermes Jr.'', the first unmanned aircraft to fly by its own power in the United States. He was described as "an English gentlemen, of eccentric habits, much shrewdness and enterprise, and entire originality" by the publisher of the newspaper ''Northern Indianian'' on March 19, 1874. Marriott is credited for inventing the term "aeroplane," and intended to build an air transport system that would bring people from New York to California without the perils of the normal voyage of the 19th century. The company he formed (with Andrew Smith Hallidie) in 1866 was named the Aerial Steam Navigation Company. ==Publisher== * 1856–1928 ''San Francisco News Letter and California Advertiser''. * ''London Illustrated News''. * ''Pacific Coast Mining Journal''. * 1867–1876 ''California China Mail and Flying Dragon''. * 1854–1855 ''California Mail Bag''. * ''California News Notes''. Marriott is credited as the publisher of the ''San Francisco News Letter and California Advertiser'', which was subtitled "The Authorized Organ of the Aerial Steam Navigation Company". One of the lead columns of the ''News Letter'' was named "Town Crier" and was written by Major Ambrose Bierce.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Frederick Marriott )〕 While Marriott's name was mentioned in one reference as a founder of the ''London Illustrated News''. The ''California China Mail and Flying Dragon'' was a Chinese-language publication and one of the first sources of advertisements encouraging Chinese emigrants to work on the Western railway. It was subtitled "Issued Every China Steamer Day." The ''California News Notes'' was illustrated and many of the woodcuts, typically depicting the linkages of various railway lines, remain popular with collectors. As a publisher, Marriott was one of the first to print works by Mark Twain. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frederick Marriott」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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