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Sir Thomas Hopkinson

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Henry Thomas Hopkinson
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April 19, 1905, Manchester, Eng.
Died:
June 20, 1990, Oxford, Oxfordshire (aged 85)

Sir Thomas Hopkinson (born April 19, 1905, Manchester, Eng.—died June 20, 1990, Oxford, Oxfordshire) was a British editor and a leader in the development of photojournalism. Hopkinson was a freelance journalist until he joined (1934) Hungarian-born editor Stefan Lorant at the Weekly Illustrated. In 1938 the two founded Picture Post, the first British magazine to emphasize pictures over words and to record the lives of ordinary people rather than the aristocracy. As chief editor after 1940 Hopkinson guided Picture Post and its witty associated publication Lilliput through 10 years of great popularity and influence. He was fired by the publisher ...(100 of 174 words)

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