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    William Luson Thomas (London 4 December 1830–1900) was a British wood-engraver and the founder of various British newspapers. Thomas worked as a wood-engraver...
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    on December 4th, 1869 by William Luson Thomas's company, Illustrated Newspapers Ltd with Thomas's brother, Lewis Samuel Thomas, as a co-founder. The Graphic...
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    establishment of The Graphic, a weekly illustrated paper co-founded by William Luson Thomas. Thomas was a former wood engraver for The Illustrated London News, and...
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  • Newfoundland merchant and land developer William Kyffin Thomas (1821–1878), Australian newspaper proprietor William Luson Thomas (1830–1900), British wood-engraver...
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    Elstrake's printseller Peter Stent has the skull changed to a cat William Luson Thomas softens Whittington's face Samuel Lysons' version with a smiling...
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    illustrated weekly began and edited by the social reformer, William Luson Thomas. Fildes shared Thomas' belief in the power of visual images to change public...
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    Macbeth, began working for The Graphic, which had just been started by William Luson Thomas. Gregory at first contributed sketches from the theatre, but soon...
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  • and five others in anti-Protestant riots. The engravings were by William Luson Thomas. Bramley-Moore married in 1865 Ella Bradshaw Jordan, third daughter...
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    British weekly illustrated newspaper founded by the social reformer William Luson Thomas. Van Gogh frequently referred to them in his letters, and he had...
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    mother of novelist Henry Seton Merriman. His daughter Annie married William Luson Thomas son of a shipbroker and a successful artist who, exasperated by the...
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