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1879 Relaunched a moribund weekly, the ''Coventry Times''
1879 Relaunched a moribund weekly, the ''Coventry Times''


1891 Secured control of the ''Midland Daily Telegraph''.
1888 Partnership dissolved<ref>The Times,  Oct. 3, 1888</ref>


1895 Launched [[The Autocar|Autocar]]
1909 Launched [[Flight]]. By this time [[Iliffe and Sons]] had diversified beyond printing and periodicals.





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1884. From Kelly’s Directory of Worcestershire

Printers and newspaper publishers, of 18 Smithford Street, Coventry

Mr Iliffe founded a stationery, wallpaper, and printing business.

This venture's early success ensured that the Iliffes soon became pillars of the local community.

Iliffe's son, William, saw that late Victorian Coventry was at the heart of a revolution in engineering, and thus the ideal place from which to pioneer specialist transport magazines intended for a mass market.

1878 Published The Cyclist, which was so successful that it absorbed two rivals and moved to London as Bicycling News.

1879 Relaunched a moribund weekly, the Coventry Times

1888 Partnership dissolved[1]


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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Oct. 3, 1888
  • Biography of Edward Mauger Iliffe, ODNB