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United States (United States) (search for this): entry mackenzie-william-lyon
York (Canada) (search for this): entry mackenzie-william-lyon
Canada (Canada) (search for this): entry mackenzie-william-lyon
MacKENZIEenzie, William Lyon 1795-
Journalist; born in Dundee, Scotland, March 12, 1795; kept a circulating library near Dundee when he was seventeen years of age, and was afterwards clerk to Lord Lonsdale, in England.
He went to Canada in 1820, where he was engaged successfully in the book and drug trade in Toronto.
He entered political life in 1823; edited the Colonial advocate (1824-33) and was a natural agitator.
He criticised the government party, and efforts to suppress his paper f in the basement of their school building.
He was editorially connected with the New York Tribune for some time, and published MacKENZIEenzie's gazette.
In 1850 his government pardoned him, restored his confiscated property, and he returned to Canada, where he was elected to Parliament, and remained a member of the Assembly until 1858.
He established a newspaper in Toronto, and conducted it until his death, Aug. 28, 1861.
Mackenzie was a thoroughly sincere and honest man, and had the courag
Dundee (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry mackenzie-william-lyon
MacKENZIEenzie, William Lyon 1795-
Journalist; born in Dundee, Scotland, March 12, 1795; kept a circulating library near Dundee when he was seventeen years of age, and was afterwards clerk to Lord Lonsdale, in England.
He went to Canada in 1820, where he was engaged successfully in the book and drug trade in Toronto.
He entered political life in 1823; edited the Colonial advocate (1824-33) and was a natural agitator.
He criticised the government party, and efforts to suppress his paper fDundee when he was seventeen years of age, and was afterwards clerk to Lord Lonsdale, in England.
He went to Canada in 1820, where he was engaged successfully in the book and drug trade in Toronto.
He entered political life in 1823; edited the Colonial advocate (1824-33) and was a natural agitator.
He criticised the government party, and efforts to suppress his paper failed.
Rioters destroyed his office in 1826, and the people, whose cause he advocated, elected him to the Canadian Parliament. Five times he was expelled from that body for alleged libels in his newspaper, and was as often re-elected, until finally the Assembly got rid of him by refusing to issue a writ for a new election.
He went to England in 1832, with a petition of grievances to the home government.
In 1836 Toronto was incorporated a city, and Mackenzie was chosen its first mayor.
He eng
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry mackenzie-william-lyon
MacKENZIEenzie, William Lyon 1795-
Journalist; born in Dundee, Scotland, March 12, 1795; kept a circulating library near Dundee when he was seventeen years of age, and was afterwards clerk to Lord Lonsdale, in England.
He went to Canada in 1820, where he was engaged successfully in the book and drug trade in Toronto.
He entered political life in 1823; edited the Colonial advocate (1824-33) and was a natural agitator.
He criticised the government party, and efforts to suppress his paper ted him to the Canadian Parliament. Five times he was expelled from that body for alleged libels in his newspaper, and was as often re-elected, until finally the Assembly got rid of him by refusing to issue a writ for a new election.
He went to England in 1832, with a petition of grievances to the home government.
In 1836 Toronto was incorporated a city, and Mackenzie was chosen its first mayor.
He engaged, as a leader, in the Canadian Rebellion (see Canada), when he was outlawed by his gove
Rochester (New York, United States) (search for this): entry mackenzie-william-lyon
William Lyon MacKENZIEenzie (search for this): entry mackenzie-william-lyon
MacKENZIEenzie, William Lyon 1795-
Journalist; born in Dundee, Scotland, March 12, 1795; kept a circulating library near Dundee when he was seventeen years of age, and was afterwards clerk to Lord Lonsdale, in England.
He went to Canada in 1820, where he was engaged successfully in the book and drug trade in Toronto.
He entered political life in 1823; edited the Colonial advocate (1824-33) and was a natural agitator.
He criticised the government party, and efforts to suppress his paper f of that time he went to New York, where he was the actuary of the Mechanics' Institute, and with his family resided in the basement of their school building.
He was editorially connected with the New York Tribune for some time, and published MacKENZIEenzie's gazette.
In 1850 his government pardoned him, restored his confiscated property, and he returned to Canada, where he was elected to Parliament, and remained a member of the Assembly until 1858.
He established a newspaper in Toronto, and
William Lyon Mackenzie (search for this): entry mackenzie-william-lyon
James Monroe (search for this): entry mackenzie-william-lyon
1833 AD (search for this): entry mackenzie-william-lyon
MacKENZIEenzie, William Lyon 1795-
Journalist; born in Dundee, Scotland, March 12, 1795; kept a circulating library near Dundee when he was seventeen years of age, and was afterwards clerk to Lord Lonsdale, in England.
He went to Canada in 1820, where he was engaged successfully in the book and drug trade in Toronto.
He entered political life in 1823; edited the Colonial advocate (1824-33) and was a natural agitator.
He criticised the government party, and efforts to suppress his paper failed.
Rioters destroyed his office in 1826, and the people, whose cause he advocated, elected him to the Canadian Parliament. Five times he was expelled from that body for alleged libels in his newspaper, and was as often re-elected, until finally the Assembly got rid of him by refusing to issue a writ for a new election.
He went to England in 1832, with a petition of grievances to the home government.
In 1836 Toronto was incorporated a city, and Mackenzie was chosen its first mayor.
He eng