John Bayne Maclean

Lieutenant Colonel John Bayne Maclean (26 September 1862 – 25 September 1950) was a Canadian publisher. He founded "Maclean's Magazine", the "Financial Post" and the "Maclean Publishing Company", later known as Maclean-Hunter.

He was born in Crieff, Ontario (near Guelph). Maclean's father, Andrew Maclean, was a Presbyterian minister in Puslinch Township who had immigrated to Canada from Scotland.

Maclean worked as a teacher and financial editor of the "Toronto Mail" before entering publishing with his brother Hugh Cameron Maclean by founding "Canadian Grocer & Storekeeper's Newspaper" in 1887. In 1905 he founded "The Business Magazine" which became "The Busy Man's Magazine" before changing its name to "Maclean's Magazine" in 1911. He founded the "Financial Post" in 1907, the "Farmer's Magazine" in 1910, "Mayfair" in 1927 and "Chatelaine" in 1928 building Canada's largest magazine empire.

His long time collaborator and associate, Horace Talmadge Hunter, succeeded Maclean as company president upon the founder's retirement. In 1945, the company was renamed Maclean-Hunter.

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* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0004975 John Bayne Maclean] at The Canadian Encyclopedia