William James Herder

William James Herder (1849 – 1922), publisher, born Old Perlican, Newfoundland, Canada, was the founder of Newfoundland's first daily newspaper, "The Evening Telegram".

Herder was educated at Methodist Academy and in 1863 had apprenticed as a printer for the "Courier". When the "Courier" experienced financial difficulties Herder had bought it and in 1872 began the "Evening Telegram". Herder also started the "Advertisers Gazette" in 1883, which experienced limited success.

Herder was an avid sports fan, as evident with the participation of many of the Herder family, that in 1935 the Evening Telegram donated the Herder Memorial Trophy to Newfoundland and Labrador Senior Hockey League for the winning team.

ee also

* List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador
* List of communities in Newfoundland and Labrador

External links

* [http://www.thetelegram.com/history.aspx?pname=Our+History History of Telegram]
* [http://www.heritagequestmagazine.com/pdf/smith_feb04.pdf Heritage Magazine] PDF file.
* [http://www.janewfoundland.org/about.cfm?itemid=1341&smocid=675#herder Junior Achievement of Newfoundland and Labrador Biography]
* [http://www.playtimesports.nf.net/AvalonEast/main.shtml?the_herder_history.txt Herder Memorial Trophy History]