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Samuel Henry Prior (10 January 1869 – 6 June 1933), was an Australian journalist, manager and editor of ''
Samuel Henry Prior (10 January 1869 – 6 June 1933), was an Australian journalist, manager and editor of ''The Bulletin
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''.
Prior was educated at Glenelg Grammar School
Thomas Caterer (31 July 1825 – c. 4 January 1917) was a pioneer schoolteacher of Adelaide, South Australia who founded in 1862 a private school for boys which in 1866 became Norwood Grammar School.
His brother, Frederick Isaac Caterer (c. 1840 ...
and the Bendigo School of Mines and Industries The Bendigo School of Mines was established in Bendigo, Australia in 1873 to provide technical education, predominantly for the mining industry.
It was then known as the ''Bendigo School of Mines and Industries'' from 1883 to 1959, ''Bendigo Techni ...
, Victoria. He became a teacher but soon joined the ''Bendigo Independent
''The Bendigo Independent'' was a newspaper published in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
History
The ''Independent'' was founded in Bendigo (also named Sandhurst) in or before March 1862. E. A. Banks (1854–1920) was the editor for many years.
...
'' as a mining reporter.
Prior briefly edited the ''Broken Hill Times'' and its successor, the ''Broken Hill Argus''. For fourteen years from around 1889 he edited '' The Barrier Miner''.
Prior had ambitions as a financial journalist and sent pieces to the Sydney ''Bulletin''. Jules François Archibald
Jules François Archibald, known as J. F. Archibald, baptised John Feltham Archibald, (14 January 1856 – 10 September 1919), Australian journalist and publisher, was co-owner and editor of '' The Bulletin'' during the days of its greatest infl ...
was so impressed that he invited Prior to join the staff. Prior accepted and took over from James Edmond
James Edmond (21 April 1859 – 21 March 1933) was a Scottish-Australian journalist and writer of short stories, and notable as an editor of '' The Bulletin''.
Edmond was born in Glasgow, the son of James Edmond, carpet-maker, and his wife Jane ...
as financial editor in 1903. In 1912 Prior became associate editor; in 1914 when Archibald sold his ''Bulletin'' interests to Prior, he became a major shareholder. In 1915 Prior became senior editor.
Prior became both manager and editor in 1927 when William Macleod sold his shareholding to him.
Prior died in Mosman, New South Wales
Mosman is a suburb on the Lower North Shore region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Mosman is located 8 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local governm ...
.
See also
*S. H. Prior Memorial Prize
The S.H. Prior Memorial Prize was an Australian literary award for a work of fiction. It was established in 1934 by H. K. Prior in recognition of his late father, Samuel Prior, Samuel Henry Prior, who was editor of ''The Bulletin (Australian perio ...
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1869 births 1933 deaths Australian journalists People from Adelaide Australian newspaper editors {{Australia-journalist-stub