Henry Sedley (1831 – January 1899) was a New York businessman and novelist involved in the newspaper industry. He was also known as an engineer. He acquired a portion of the ''

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'' in 1884. He was credited in the ''

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'' as having exposed the

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. His older son,

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, earned notoriety when he killed a fellow student at

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and later became a successful film actor.

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{{reflist Journalists from New York City 19th-century American journalists 1831 births 1899 deaths