Reuter, << ROY tuhr, >> Baron de (1816-1899), founded Reuters (now Thomson Reuters), one of the world’s leading news services. Reuters was one of the first news services to furnish financial, political, and general news to European newspapers.
In 1849, Reuter began a service that used pigeons to carry stock quotations between the terminal points of the telegraph lines in Belgium and Germany. He later settled in London and established Reuters in 1851 to relay European financial news. He entered the general news business in 1858. Reuter started a cooperative effort among several news agencies that expanded the worldwide distribution of news. He directed the operations of Reuters until his retirement in 1878 and worked as an adviser to the agency until his death. Reuter’s full name was Paul Julius Reuter. He was also called Baron Von Reuter. He was born in Kassel, Germany, on July 21, 1816. He died in Nice, France, on Feb. 25, 1899. See also Thomson Reuters .
