Family Child
Robert Paine Scripps
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q3048722 · wikidata
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E. W. Scripps
1854-06-18 – 1926-03-12
Life & Legacy
Edward Willis Scripps (June 18, 1854 – March 12, 1926) was an American newspaper publisher. He and his sister Ellen Browning Scripps founded the E. W. Scripps Company, today a diversified media conglomerate, as well as the United Press news service (which became United Press International (UPI) when International News Service (INS) merged with United Press in 1958). The E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University is named for him.
Occupation & Career
publisher, businessperson
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Family Sibling
James Edmund Scripps
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q3048722 · wikidata
Family Sibling
Ellen Browning Scripps
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q3048722 · wikidata
Sources & Provenance
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