I have infused life, glowing eloquence, philosophy, taste, sentiment, wit, and humor into the daily newspaper… Shakespeare is the great genius of the drama—Scott of the novel—Milton and Byron of the poem—and I mean to be the genius of the daily newspaper press.
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| Birth: | 10th May, 1841 |
| Death: | 14th May, 1918 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Publisher, Sailor |
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James Gordon Bennett Jr. was born in New York City, New York, USA. He was publisher of the New York Herald, founded by his father, James Gordon Bennett Sr. who emigrated from Scotland. He was generally known as Gordon Bennett to distinguish him from his father. Among his many sports-related accomplishments he organized both the first polo match and the first tennis match in the United States, and he personally won the first trans-oceanic yacht race.
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