15-1024: James or Jim Henderson may refer to: Academics [ edit ] James Blacklock Henderson (1871–1950), Scottish inventor, engineer, and professor James (Sákéj) Youngblood Henderson (born 1944), American indigenous law scholar James G. Henderson (born 1945), professor at Kent State University James Henderson (surgeon) (1829–1865), British physician, surgeon, and author Politicians [ edit ] James Douglas Henderson (1927–2020), Alberta MLA from 1963 to 1975 James Henderson (Irish politician) (1846–1924), Lord Mayor of Belfast James Henry Dickey Henderson (1810–1885), United States Representative from Oregon James M. Henderson (1921–1995), American businessman and politician J. Pinckney Henderson (1808–1858), American politician, first governor of Texas James W. Henderson (1817–1880), American politician, fourth governor of Texas James Henderson Jr. (1942-2022), American politician, member of
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45-1138: The Leeds Express and Manchester Guardian . At the Guardian , he was sent into the Lancashire towns to find out whether there was a demand for the daily newspaper to be circulated there. He found that there was little demand for a daily newspaper, but that "what was wanted was a weekly paper which, whilst giving a certain amount of news, should contain a considerable proportion of light amusing reading." Accordingly, Henderson founded his own journal, The Weekly Budget (originally The North British Weekly Budget ), in Manchester in January 1861. The newspaper contained both news items and fiction, and sold well. Its success led Henderson to move to Red Lion Court in Fleet Street in London in 1862, and by
60-647: The Household Monthly Magazine . In 1871, as a spin-off from the Weekly Budget , Henderson started the Young Folks magazine, which was again highly successful. It published, in serial form, three novels by the initially-unknown Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson - Treasure Island (first published in 17 instalments, from October 1881), The Black Arrow (1883). and Kidnapped (1886). They were initially published under
75-607: The Liberal Party candidate in the Dulwich by-election , but was defeated by the Conservative candidate, John Blundell Maple . Henderson's three sons became involved in the business. His son Nelson (1865–1943) – who also played rugby for London Scottish F.C. and Scotland – took over several of the magazines and later became chairman of the family company, James Henderson & Sons Ltd, which
90-748: The pseudonym "Captain James North". Other stories in Young Folks were written by Richard Quittenton ("Roland Quiz"; 1833–1914) and Walter Viles ("Walter Villiers"; 1850–1884), with illustrations by John Proctor ("Puck"; 1836–1914). Another contributor to Young Folks was Alfred Harmsworth , who wrote nearly 80 articles for the magazine and later founded the Daily Mail . Henderson also published Funny Folks , from 1874 to 1894, in later years edited by Charles Pearce . Writer Denis Gifford considered Funny Folks to be
105-2104: The Arizona State Senate Jim Henderson (Ontario politician) (1940–2020), Canadian politician Barry Henderson (James Stewart Barry Henderson, born 1936), Scottish member of the House of Commons Sports [ edit ] Big James Henderson (born 1965), American powerlifter, preacher and motivational speaker James Henderson (cricketer, born 1975) , South African cricketer James Henderson (cricketer, born 1918) (1918—2004), Scottish cricketer and educator James Henderson (footballer, born 1867) (1867–?), Scottish footballer (Rangers, Arsenal) James Henderson (footballer, born 1870) (1870–?), Scottish footballer (Liverpool) James Henderson (footballer, born 1871) (1871–?), Scottish footballer (Bury) James Henderson (footballer, born 1877) (1877–?), English footballer (Reading, Bradford City, Leeds City) James Henderson (Newcastle United footballer) , English footballer James Milne Henderson (1891–1917), Scottish rugby union player and British Army officer Mac Henderson (James McLaren Henderson, 1907–2009), Scottish rugby union player Skip Henderson (James Henderson, born 1965), American college basketball player Jim Henderson (baseball) (born 1982), Canadian professional baseball pitcher Jim Henderson (footballer) , Scottish footballer Others [ edit ] James Henderson (artist) (1871–1951), Canadian artist James Henderson (businessman) (born 1964), English public relations executive James Henderson (minister) (1820–1905), Presbyterian minister in Victoria and South Australia James Henderson (priest) (1840–1935), Archdeacon of Northumberland James Henderson (publisher) (1823–1906), British publisher of newspapers, comics, books and postcards James A. Henderson , chairman and CEO of Cummins Inc. James Henderson (moderator) (1797–1874), Scottish minister of
120-486: The Free Church of Scotland Jim Henderson (sportscaster) (born 1947), American sportscaster Jimmy Henderson (musician) (1921–1998), jazz trombonist and bandleader Jim Henderson (broadcaster) (1918–2005), New Zealand writer and radio broadcaster ( Radio Pacific ) See also [ edit ] Jamie Henderson (disambiguation) (born 1979), American football player [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
135-505: The end of the following year the Weekly Budget had a claimed circulation of 150,000, rising to 300,000 in subsequent years. Henderson and his family moved to Dulwich in 1864. He had a large villa, Adon Mount, built for himself, and developed neighbouring fields into a residential area. He also started the South London Press and Evening Mercury newspapers, and several other magazines including The Key , The Orb , and
150-482: The first British comic , though at first it tackled topical and political subjects along the same lines as Punch . The magazine was heavily illustrated, with cartoons by John Proctor among others, and benefitted from innovations in the use of cheap paper and photo-zincography printing. Another publication by Henderson was Scraps , a compendium of items aimed at children, many from foreign sources, and published between 1883 and 1910. When Harmsworth published
165-697: The local newspaper, the Montrose Standard . He then moved to Glasgow where he worked on the North British Daily Mail and for a publishing company, before setting up his own business. In 1855, he launched the Glasgow Daily News , the first daily penny newspaper in Britain, and The Weekly News and General Advertiser . However, neither succeeded for long, and his business collapsed. He moved to England and worked at
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195-544: The similar Comic Cuts a few years later, Henderson sued him for plagiarism . Henderson also published the popular magazine Nuggets , which featured cartoons and stories about a fictional family of Irish immigrants in London, the Hooligans, which would now be considered examples of anti-Irish bigotry . Other journals published by Henderson during his lifetime included Penny Pictorial , Prize Paper , and Magnet . In 1887, Henderson stood for election to Parliament as
210-522: Was a British newspaper and magazine proprietor and publisher, who was influential in developing the popular press and comics in Britain . He established James Henderson & Sons Ltd , which published many newspapers and magazines as well as books and postcards. Henderson was born in Laurencekirk , near Montrose in Scotland. After working for his father, a saddle maker, he took a post with
225-461: Was formally established in 1899. Another brother, Winfred Stanley Henderson (1869–1941) was managing director of the company. James Henderson retired to Worthing in Sussex, in about 1900. He died there in 1906, aged 82. The South London Press was sold to outside interests in 1907, and in 1910 the Weekly Budget was sold to American publisher Randolph Hearst . Hendersons continued as
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