# Robert Ackrill

> Robert Ackrill was an English journalist, newspaper proprietor, founder of newspapers, printer and writer, working for most of his career in Harrogate, England. During the 19th century he owned six newspapers in the North and West Ridings of Yorkshire, via his company Ackrill Newspapers, having founded three of them. Ackrill's descendants and relatives continued to run or be involved with Ackrill newspapers for at least a hundred years, the final incarnation of the company under that name being dissolved in 2020.

*English newspaper editor and owner*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Born:** 1816
- **Died:** 1894-06-22
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Robert Ackrill was an English journalist, newspaper proprietor, founder of newspapers, printer and writer, working for most of his career in Harrogate, England. During the 19th century he owned six newspapers in the North and West Ridings of Yorkshire, via his company Ackrill Newspapers, having founded three of them. Ackrill's descendants and relatives continued to run or be involved with Ackrill newspapers for at least a hundred years, the final incarnation of the company under that name being dissolved in 2020.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 32.2 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 1.5 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 10.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 54.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Robert Ackrill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ackrill)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114064394)

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