Alexander Jeans

British newspaper editor and proprietor

Sir Alexander Grigor Jeans (1849–1924) was a British newspaper editor and proprietor, the founder and managing editor of the Liverpool Post and Mercury.

He married Ellen Gallon (d. 1889).[1] They had children:

  • Allan Jeans, editor of the Liverpool Daily Post
  • Frank Alexander Gallon Jeans (1878–1933), surgeon and author[2]
  • Ronald Jeans (1887–1973), playwright with a career spanning nearly 50 years[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Moore, James Ross (2004). "Jeans, Ronald (1887–1973)". ODNB. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Jeans, Frank Alexander Gallon (1878 - 1933)". Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online. Retrieved 3 October 2015.


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