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James Edward Davidson (ca. 20 December 1870 – 1 June 1930), known in journalistic circles as "J.E.D.", was an Australian journalist who rose through the ranks to become a newspaper owner, the founder of News Limited. ==History== He was born at Pine Hills, Harrow, Victoria,〔Carl Bridge, ('Davidson, James Edward (1870–1930)' ), ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, accessed 7 June 2013 This reference alone cites Harrow as his place of birth; all newspaper accounts have Thackaringa, however there is no evidence of Thackaringa Station being established by 1870〕 the elder son of Janet née Aitchison (ca.1847 – 31 March 1901) and J(ames) Johnstone Davidson, who died in Africa in 1901, where son A.A. Donaldson was chairman of West African Mines. and spent much of his youth at Thackaringa Station, New South Wales (near Cockburn, South Australia). After a period in the Civil Service, he became secretary to the Premier of Western Australia, Lord Forrest. It was in Western Australia that Davidson, a skilled shorthand writer, commenced his journalistic career, as a reporter on ''The West Australian''. In 1897 he joined the literary staff of the ''Argus'' in Melbourne, and after nine years as a reporter he became editor of the ''Weekly Times''. Two years later he accepted the position of general manager and editor-in-chief of the ''Herald and Weekly Times''. After seven years in that post he turned his attention to South Australia, acquiring the ''The Barrier Miner'' at Broken Hill and the ''Recorder'' at Port Pirie, and established an Adelaide afternoon newspaper, in preparation for which, the ''Mail'' was purchased. After the 'News' had been launched, another journal was published in Hobart, but failed, and a controlling interest was obtained in the ''Daily News'' in Perth. 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「James Edward Davidson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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