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Edward Hulton
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Born in Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Born on 29th of November 1906
Died on 8th of October 1988

Educated at Harrow and at Brasenose College, Cambridge, Hulton was the son and grandson of newspaper magnates who became a great innovator in that same field, founding Picture Post. He was a public-spirited figure, supporting the Home Guard during WWII, and a member of the 1941 Committee that pushed for more effective organisation of industrial resources and distribution methods during the war. He was knighted in 1957.

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