James Grant (newspaper editor)
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James Grant was a British
newspaper editor
Grant helped to found the Elgin Courier in 1827, editing it until 1833. Moving to London
, he worked on the Standard
, the Morning Chronicle
and the Morning Advertiser
. He also edited the London Saturday Journal (1839-1841) and Grant's London Journal (1841-2). From 1850 to 1871 he edited the Morning Advertiser. Calvinist
in religion, he edited the Christian Standard from 1872.
United Kingdom
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newspaper editor
Grant helped to found the Elgin Courier in 1827, editing it until 1833. Moving to London
London
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, he worked on the Standard
Evening Standard
The Evening Standard, now styled the London Evening Standard, is a free local daily newspaper, published Monday–Friday in tabloid format in London. It is the dominant regional evening paper for London and the surrounding area, with coverage of national and international news and City of London...
, the Morning Chronicle
Morning Chronicle
The Morning Chronicle was a newspaper founded in 1769 in London, England, and published under various owners until 1862. It was most notable for having been the first employer of Charles Dickens, and for publishing the articles by Henry Mayhew which were collected and published in book format in...
and the Morning Advertiser
Morning Advertiser
Morning Advertiser is the only weekly pub trade publication in the UK. It currently has a circulation of more than 32,500 that reaches the key decision-makers in England and Wales. In March 2011, William Reed Business Media, bought The Publican from United Business Media and merged the two titles...
. He also edited the London Saturday Journal (1839-1841) and Grant's London Journal (1841-2). From 1850 to 1871 he edited the Morning Advertiser. Calvinist
Calvinism
Calvinism is a Protestant theological system and an approach to the Christian life...
in religion, he edited the Christian Standard from 1872.
Works
- Random recollections of the House of Lords from the year 1830 to 1836 including personal sketches of the leading members, 1836
- The great metropolis, 1836
- The bench and the bar, 1837
- Metropolitan pulpit; or, Sketches of the most popular preachers in London, 1839
- Travels in town, 1839
- Walks and wanderings in the world of literature, 1839
- Portraits of public characters, 1841
- Lights and shadows of London life, 1842
- Joseph Jenkins; or, Leaves from the life of a literary man, 1843
- Impressions of Ireland and the Irish, 1844
- Paris and its people, 1844
- Pictures of popular people, or, Illustrations of human nature, 1846
- Pictures of life. The dwellings of the poor, 1855
- The controversy on important theological questions : between the "Eclectic Review", the Rev. Newman Hall, Rev. Thomas Binney, ... on the one side, and Mr. James Grant, editor of the "Morning Advertiser" on the other, 1856
- Who is right, and who wrong? : correspondence between the Rev. Thomas Binney and Mr. James Grant (of the Morning advertiser) on new aspects of the controversy on important theological questions, 1857
- God is love; or, Glimpses of the father's infinite affection for his people / by the author of "The brother born for adversity, 3rd ed. 1858
- The comforter; or, The Holy Spirit in his glorious person and gracious work, 1859
- Our heavenly home : or, glimpses of the glory and bliss of the better world, 1859
- Personal visit to the chief scenes of the religious revivals in the North of Ireland, ca.1859
- Gleams of glory from the celestial world, 1860
- Sources of joy in seasons of sorrow, 1860
- The glorious Gospel of Christ: considered in its relation to the present life, 1861
- God's unspeakable gift; or, Views of the person and work of Jesus Christ, 1861
- Sketches in London, 1861
- The foes of our faith, and how to defeat them; or, The weapons of our warfare with modern infidelity, 1862
- The dying command of Christ; or, The duty of believers to celebrate weekly the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, 1863
- First love and last love : a tale of the Indian Mutiny, 1863
- Grace and glory; or, The believer's bliss in both world. 1863
- Steps and stages on the road to glory, 1865
- The hymns of heaven : or, the songs of the saints in glory, 1867
- The divinity of Christ : demonstrated by proofs drawn from the book of Revelation, 1867
- Seasons of solitude; or, Moments of meditation on the things of eternity, 1868
- The religious tendencies of the times; or, How to deal with the deadly errors and dangerous delusions of the day, 1869
- Memoirs of Sir George Sinclair, Bart., of Ulbster [sic.], 1870
- The newspaper press; its origin--progress--and present position, 3 vols, 1871-2
- The Plymouth brethren: their history and heresies, 1875
- Popish versions of the scriptures and the British and Foreign Bible Society, 1877
- Meditations on the loving words of our loving Lord and Saviour, 1877
External links
- D. M. Griffiths, ‘Grant, James (1802–1879)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 19 Dec 2007