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John Charles Walsham Reith, 1st Baron Reith, KT, GCVO, GBE, CB, TD, PC (20 July 1889 – 16 June 1971) was a British broadcasting executive who established the tradition of independent public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom. In 1922 he was employed by the BBC (British Broadcasting Company Ltd.) as its general manager; in 1923 he became its managing director and in 1927 he was employed as the Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation created under a Royal Charter.

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rdfs:comment	John Charles Walsham Reith, 1st Baron Reith, KT, GCVO, GBE, CB, TD, PC (20 July 1889 – 16 June 1971) was a British broadcasting executive who established the tradition of independent public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom. In 1922 he was employed by the BBC (British Broadcasting Company Ltd.) as its general manager; in 1923 he became its managing director and in 1927 he was employed as the Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation created under a Royal Charter.
foaf:name	Reith, John, Lord Reith, The Lord Reith
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dc:description	Chairman of the BBC,
alias	Reith, Sir John Charles Walsham, 1st Baron Reith
birth date	1889-07-20(xsd:dateTime)
birth place	Cala na Creige
birth year	1889-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
death date	1971-06-16(xsd:dateTime)
death place	City of Edinburgh
death year	1971-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
occupation	British Broadcasting Corporation
order in office	1stDirector-General of the BBC
religion	dbpedia:United_Free_Church_of_Scotland
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successor	Ogilvie, Frederick
thumbnail	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/INF3-49_Sir_John_Reith_Artist_Wooding.jpg?width=300
is founded by of	British Broadcasting Corporation dbpedia:BBC_Charter
is successor of	The Lord Tryon

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