Joseph E. Atkinson 1865-1948
If you were to walk into the Toronto Star building here at 1 Yonge Street, you would find on the wall of the lobby an Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque. Here's what is says about the Star's influential owner:
One of Canada's most influential newspapermen, Atkinson became managing editor of the Toronto Star in 1899, and its majority owner by 1913. Originally hired by supporters of Sir Wilfred Laurier, he sought to make the daily an instrument of social reform. His many and often sensational innovations changed the face of Canadian journalism, and made the Star Canada's largest circulation newspaper by the 1930s. A tough taskmaster in life, he generously bequeathed his fortune to the Atkinson Charitable Foundation, which endows an array of cultural, medical and educational institutions in Ontario.
Location Co-ordinates: 43.642232 -79.374783
Photo by Alan L Brown - September 2006
Related page from my 'Ontario's Historical Plaques' website:
Joseph E. Atkinson 1865-1948
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