Marchamont needham biography of william hill
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Marchamont Nedham
Marchamont Nedham, also Marchmont and Needham (1620 – November 1678), was a journalist, publisher and pamphleteer during the English Civil War who wrote official news and propaganda for both sides of the conflict.
Marchamont needham biography of william hill
A "highly productive propagandist",[1] he was significant in the evolution of early English journalism, and has been strikingly (if hyperbolically) called the "press agent" of Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell.[2]
Early life
Nedham was raised by his mother, the innkeeper of The George Inn, Burford, Oxfordshire, after his father's death.
His stepfather was the vicar of Burford and teacher at the local school.[3] He was educated at All Souls College of Oxford University. After college he became an usher at the Merchant Taylors' School, and then a clerk at Gray's Inn.
He also studied medicine and pharmacology.[4]
Civil War
Mercurius Britanicus
Nedham came to prominence in 1643 when he began working