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{{Short description|English financial journalist (1867–1950)}}
'''Hartley Withers''' (1867–1950) was an English financial journalist and author, editor of ''[[The Economist]]'' from 1916 to 1921.
'''Hartley Withers''' (1867–1950) was an English financial journalist and author, editor of ''[[The Economist]]'' from 1916 to 1921.


==Life==
==Life==
He was born at [[Aigburth]], the son of Henry Hartley Withers, a bank manager and stockbroker, and his wife Jane Livingston Lowndes; the educationist [[Harry Livingston Withers]] was his elder brother. He was educated at [[Westminster School]], and matriculated at [[Christ Church, Oxford]] in 1886. He graduated in ''[[literae humaniores]]'' in 1890.<ref name="ODNB">{{cite ODNB|id=36984|first=Dilwyn|last=Porter|title=Withers, Hartley}}</ref><ref>{{alox2|title=Withers, Hartley}}</ref>
He was born at [[Aigburth]], the son of Henry Hartley Withers, a bank manager and stockbroker, and his wife Jane Livingston Lowndes, daughter of Matthew Dobson Lowndes; the educationist [[Harry Livingston Withers]] was his elder brother. He was educated at [[Westminster School]], and matriculated at [[Christ Church, Oxford]] in 1886. He graduated in ''[[literae humaniores]]'' in 1890.<ref name="ODNB">{{cite ODNB|id=36984|first=Dilwyn|last=Porter|title=Withers, Hartley}}</ref><ref>{{alox2|title=Withers, Hartley}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Marriages |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001652/18561002/048/0004 |work=Globe |date=2 October 1856|page=4}}</ref>

After teaching and working in a stockbrokers, Withers joined ''[[The Times]]'', in 1894, going into its City office.<ref name="ODNB"/> According to [[Frederick Harcourt Kitchin]], three men dominated London financial journalism at the beginning of the 20th century, a time at which it was still largely anonymous. Besides Withers and himself, Kitchin nominated as the third Arthur William Kiddy (1868–1950).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kitchin |first1=F. Harcourt |title=Moberly Bell and his times |date=1925 |publisher=Philip Allan and Co, London |page=91 |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.04464/page/91/mode/1up}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Moggridge |first1=Donald |title=Maynard Keynes: An Economist's Biography |date=1992 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-79867-4 |page=886 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=38aFlcohfkcC&pg=PA886 |language=en}}</ref> Withers was at ''The Times'' to 1910, becoming City editor. Leaving for ''[[The Morning Post]]'', he then in 1911 went into Seligman Bros., the London branch of [[J. & W. Seligman & Co.]]<ref name="ODNB"/>


Withers succeeded [[Francis Hirst]] as editor of ''The Economist'' in 1916, and was replaced in 1921 by [[Walter Layton]]. He then concentrated on writing, where he was a prolific book author. His economic views were orthodox of the [[sound money]] school.<ref name="ODNB"/>
Withers succeeded [[Francis Hirst]] as editor of ''The Economist'' in 1916, and was replaced in 1921 by [[Walter Layton]]. He then concentrated on writing, where he was a prolific book author. His economic views were orthodox of the [[sound money]] school.<ref name="ODNB"/>
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Latest revision as of 21:59, 6 December 2023

Hartley Withers (1867–1950) was an English financial journalist and author, editor of The Economist from 1916 to 1921.

Life[edit]

He was born at Aigburth, the son of Henry Hartley Withers, a bank manager and stockbroker, and his wife Jane Livingston Lowndes, daughter of Matthew Dobson Lowndes; the educationist Harry Livingston Withers was his elder brother. He was educated at Westminster School, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1886. He graduated in literae humaniores in 1890.[1][2][3]

After teaching and working in a stockbrokers, Withers joined The Times, in 1894, going into its City office.[1] According to Frederick Harcourt Kitchin, three men dominated London financial journalism at the beginning of the 20th century, a time at which it was still largely anonymous. Besides Withers and himself, Kitchin nominated as the third Arthur William Kiddy (1868–1950).[4][5] Withers was at The Times to 1910, becoming City editor. Leaving for The Morning Post, he then in 1911 went into Seligman Bros., the London branch of J. & W. Seligman & Co.[1]

Withers succeeded Francis Hirst as editor of The Economist in 1916, and was replaced in 1921 by Walter Layton. He then concentrated on writing, where he was a prolific book author. His economic views were orthodox of the sound money school.[1]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Porter, Dilwyn. "Withers, Hartley". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36984. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Withers, Hartley" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  3. ^ "Marriages". Globe. 2 October 1856. p. 4.
  4. ^ Kitchin, F. Harcourt (1925). Moberly Bell and his times. Philip Allan and Co, London. p. 91.
  5. ^ Moggridge, Donald (1992). Maynard Keynes: An Economist's Biography. Routledge. p. 886. ISBN 978-1-134-79867-4.

External links[edit]

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