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Paul Reuter

Paul Reuter, German-English journalist, founded Reuters (died 1899)

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Born
July 21, 1816
Died
February 25, 1899
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1816

About Paul Reuter

Paul Julius Reuter, later ennobled as Freiherr von Reuter, was a German-born British entrepreneur who was a pioneer of telegraphy and news reporting. He was a reporter, media owner, and the founder of the Reuters news agency, which became part of the Thomson Reuters conglomerate in 2008. After some work as a bank clerk, in 1847 he founded Reuter and Stargardt, a Berlin book-publishing firm, with Joseph Abraham Stargardt. As electrical telegraphy evolved, Reuter founded his own news agency in Aachen.

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Paul Reuter timeline

  1. After some work as a bank clerk, in 1847 he founded Reuter and Stargardt, a Berlin book-publishing firm, with Joseph Abraham Stargardt.
  2. He was a reporter, media owner, and the founder of the Reuters news agency, which became part of the Thomson Reuters conglomerate in 2008.

The world when Paul Reuter was born

Paul Reuter was born in 1816. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1816

  • Best-selling bookFrankenstein conceived during gloomy summer

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineYear Without a Summer — crop failures worldwide
  • Technology milestoneStethoscope invented by René Laennec
  • World population~980M

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJames Madison
  • U.S. population8.5M

1816 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Paul Reuter's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18162026
Population8.5M341 million

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