Sandow's Magazine of Physical Culture
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Sandow's Magazine of Physical Culture, established by Eugen Sandow
in 1898, has been regarded as the first bodybuilding
magazine.
Founded in summer 1898 under the name Physical Culture, the magazine was renamed Sandow's Magazine of Physical Culture in April 1899. Howard Spicer
was editor. Contributors included the music-hall artist Dan Leno
, and several young writers who would subsequently achieve fame: P. G. Wodehouse
, H. H. Munro and George Douglas Brown
.
Eugen Sandow
Eugen Sandow , born Friedrich Wilhelm Müller, was a Prussian pioneering bodybuilder in the 19th century and is often referred to as the "Father of Modern Bodybuilding".-Early life:...
in 1898, has been regarded as the first bodybuilding
Bodybuilding
Bodybuilding is a form of body modification involving intensive muscle hypertrophy. An individual who engages in this activity is referred to as a bodybuilder. In competitive and professional bodybuilding, bodybuilders display their physiques to a panel of judges, who assign points based on their...
magazine.
Founded in summer 1898 under the name Physical Culture, the magazine was renamed Sandow's Magazine of Physical Culture in April 1899. Howard Spicer
Howard Spicer
Howard Handley Spicer, Sir, KBE, was a prominent papermaker and wholesale stationer and a magazine editor...
was editor. Contributors included the music-hall artist Dan Leno
Dan Leno
Dan Leno , born George Wild Galvin, was an English comedian and actor, famous for appearing in music hall and dozens of comic plays, pantomimes, Victorian burlesques and musical comedies during the Victorian era...
, and several young writers who would subsequently achieve fame: P. G. Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE was an English humorist, whose body of work includes novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, and numerous pieces of journalism. He enjoyed enormous popular success during a career that lasted more than seventy years and his many writings continue to be...
, H. H. Munro and George Douglas Brown
George Douglas Brown
George Douglas Brown was a Scottish novelist, best known for his highly influential realist novel The House with the Green Shutters , which was published the year before his death at the age of 33.-Life and work:...
.