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  2. History of British newspapers - Wikipedia

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    The News Revolution in England: Cultural Dynamics of Daily Information (1996) Walker, Robin B. "The newspaper press in the reign of William III." Historical Journal 17#4 (1974): 691–709. in JSTOR; Williams, Keith. The English Newspaper: An Illustrated History to 1900 (1977) Williams, Kevin. Read All About it: a History of the British ...

  3. History of paper - Wikipedia

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    The earliest of these mills were centered in New England and Upstate New York, the latter of which became home to International Paper, the largest pulp and paper company in the world, which held a 20% market share in 2017, [90] and at its peak produced more than 60% of the continent's newsprint in 1898, before an industry shift to Canada. [91]

  4. History of newspaper publishing - Wikipedia

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    O'Malley, Tom. "History, Historians and of the Writing of Print and Newspaper History in the UK c. 1945–1962," Media History (Special Issue: The Historiography of the Media in the United Kingdom) (2012) 18#3–4, DOI: 10.1080/13688804.2012.723492; Sommerville, C. John. The News Revolution in England: Cultural Dynamics of Daily Information (1996)

  5. Global spread of the printing press - Wikipedia

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    The first dated prints in England are an indulgence dating to 13 December 1476 (date written in by hand), and the Dicts or Sayings, completed on 18 November 1477. Between 1472 and 1476, Caxton had already published several English works on the continent (see Bruges above). [46] 1478 [15] Oxford: Theoderic Rood ~1479 [15]

  6. History of journalism in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The history of journalism in the United Kingdom includes the gathering and transmitting of news, spans the growth of technology and trade, marked by the advent of specialised techniques for gathering and disseminating information on a regular basis. In the analysis of historians, it involves the steady increase of the scope of news available to ...

  7. Frogmore Paper Mill - Wikipedia

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    In 1851, the chemical production of paper from wood (now known as soda pulp), used in newspapers, began at the mill. [5] From 1853 to 1887 the mill was linked to Two Waters Mill, also near Hemel Hempstead. [5] [8] In 1890, the British Paper Company was founded and took over operations at the mill; it fully purchased the premises in 1929. [2]

  8. History of printing - Wikipedia

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    The history of printing starts as early as 3000 BCE, when the proto-Elamite and Sumerian civilizations used cylinder seals to certify documents written in clay tablets. Other early forms include block seals, hammered coinage, pottery imprints, and cloth printing.

  9. Category:British history timelines - Wikipedia

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    Timeline of British history (before 1000) Timeline of British history (1000–1499) Timeline of British history (1500–1599) Timeline of British history (1600–1699) Timeline of British history (1700–1799) Timeline of British history (1800–1899) Timeline of British history (1900–1929) Timeline of British history (1930–1949)