Sir John Charles Walsham Reith

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sir_John_Charles_Walsham_Reith
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Gresham's_School
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:John_Reith
gptkbp:BBCPosition Director-General
General Manager
gptkbp:birthDate 1889-07-20
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Stonehaven,_Scotland
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Dean_Cemetery,_Edinburgh
gptkbp:causeOfDeath natural causes
gptkbp:children gptkb:Christopher_John_Reith
gptkbp:deathDate 1971-06-16
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Edinburgh,_Scotland
gptkbp:education gptkb:Royal_Technical_College,_Glasgow
gptkb:Glasgow_Academy
gptkbp:father gptkb:Rev._George_Reith
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:John_Charles_Walsham_Reith
gptkbp:honor gptkb:Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir John Charles Walsham Reith
gptkbp:influenced BBC broadcasting policy
gptkbp:legacy Reith Lectures named after him
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:House_of_Lords
gptkbp:militaryConflict gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:militaryRank Lieutenant
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Adelaide_Reith
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFor first Director-General of the BBC
first general manager of the BBC
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:engineer
author
broadcasting executive
gptkbp:peerage gptkb:Baron_Reith
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:National_Portrait_Gallery,_London
gptkbp:predecessor position established
gptkbp:religion Presbyterian
gptkbp:signature John Reith signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Muriel_Katharine_Odhams
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Frederick_Ogilvie
gptkbp:termEnd 1938
gptkbp:termStart 1922
gptkbp:title gptkb:1st_Baron_Reith
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Broadcast_Over_Britain
gptkb:Into_the_Wind
Wearing Spurs
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Liverpool_College
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6