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  1. James Gordon Bennett Jr. (May 10, 1841 – May 14, 1918) was an American publisher. He was the publisher of the New York Herald, founded by his father, James Gordon Bennett Sr. (1795–1872), who emigrated from Scotland. He was generally known as Gordon Bennett to distinguish him from his father.

  2. But there is perhaps no high-society New Yorker who was as consistently and astoundingly eccentric—or as influential—as James Gordon Bennett, Jr. The son of a fabulously wealthy newspaper...

  3. Nov 30, 2018 · James Gordon Bennett was a Scottish immigrant who became the successful and controversial publisher of the New York Herald, a hugely popular newspaper of the 19th century.

  4. Aug 16, 2022 · Bennett Jr., who was born in New York in 1841, took over the paper when he was only 25 years old. After years of being educated in France and partying in Europe, he bore little of his father’s business acumen.

  5. Bennett’s son, James Gordon Bennett, Jr., became managing editor in 1866 and took over as editor the following year. The younger Bennett was also a gifted editor and promoter—it was he who sent Henry Morton Stanley to Africa to find the long-lost explorer and missionary David Livingstone—but….

  6. James Gordon Bennett Sr. (September 1, 1795 – June 1, 1872) was a British-born American businessman who was the founder, editor and publisher of the New York Herald and a major figure in the history of American newspapers.

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  8. Oct 3, 2012 · James Gordon Bennett Jr., the founder of the International Herald Tribune, spotted a business opportunity that coincided with his own cosmopolitan interests and lifestyle.

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