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Sir John Leng (1828–1906)
Leng, John, Sir. An English journalist; born in Hull, in 1828; died in 1906. He made the Dundee Advertiser one of the most influential papers in Great Britain; and was the founder of the People’s Journal, Evening Telegraph, and People’s Friend. Among a number of his books and pamphlets are: ‘Impressions of America’ (1876); ‘Scottish Banking Reform’ (1881); ‘Practical Politics’ (1885); ‘Trip to Norway’ (1886); ‘Home Rule All Round’; ‘Glimpses of Egypt and Sicily.’