Fred Williams (journalist)
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Frederick George Hilary Williams January 13, 1863 Clapham, London, United Kingdom |
| Died | June 16, 1944 (aged 81) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Resting place | St. James Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Occupation | Journalist, writer, and historian |
| Years active | 1882–1944 |
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| Spouse(s) | Aley Mary Shonfeld |
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| Awards | North West Canada Medal |
Frederick George H. Williams (January 13, 1863 in Clapham, London, United Kingdom – June 16, 1944 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was an English–Canadian journalist, writer, and historian.
Fred Williams was the son of the respected war correspondent and journalist Charles Frederick Williams, and of Georgina Gould Ward.
Fred Williams began his newspaper career in January 1882 at the age of 19 serving first at the Montreal Herald and later at the Montreal Gazette. His career in journalism would span more than sixty years. He also served The Montreal Star, The Toronto News, The Ottawa Free Press, The Victoria Colonist, The Vancouver Sun, The Toronto Mail and Empire, and The Globe and Mail. He went to Australia as a reporter from 1893–1896. He served as a city editor, telegraph editor, news editor, editorial writer as well as a reporter. He became a freelance writer in 1918 with a syndicated column on Canadian history.
Williams also covered Canadian federal politics as a member of the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery in Ottawa for 25 years and served on its executive. He knew Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first Prime Minister, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and all the eminent men who were their colleagues and successors. On June 6, 1891, Williams was the reporter on duty who was first reported the death of Prime Minister MacDonald. The two greatest speeches he ever heard were both by Canadian Prime Minister Laurier given in the Canadian Parliament. The first was a tribute to Prime Minister MacDonald on the occasion of his death. The second was in praise of Queen Victoria following her death in 1901. His work in the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery was recognized as he left the Ottawa Free Press for British Columbia in 1912 at a farewell party that included an engraved gold handled silk umbrella and valuable case of pipes.
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