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Name: LOW, Ernest William
Birth Date: 1876?
First Date: 1905
Profession: Editor of 'The Times of East Africa'
Book Reference: Nicholls, North, EAHB 1907, Globe Trotter, Gazette
General Information:
North - E. Low - Elected new member of Colonists' Association Nairobi Dec 1905
EAHB 1907 - E. Low - Nairobi (Star, Govt. Rd)
Globe Trotter March 1907 - 'The Star' Nairobi, the paper edited by Ernest Low
Gazette 1/2/1907 - Partnership between Francis Joseph Bullows and Ernest William Low is hereby dissolved on and from this date. The 'Star' newspaper, printing, publishin, bookselling, stationery and advertising business known as the 'Star' Printing, Publishing and Trading Co. will be carried on by the sole proprietor the above-mentioned Ernest William Low under the style of the 'Star' Printing and Publishing Co.
Old Africa - 5-3-12 - Christine Nicholls - Times of East Africa began, with Ernest William Low as Editor from December. He was sacked but re-engaged on one month’s notice 26 January 1906. He sued the paper for outstanding salary in May 1906 but lost the case. Low then started the Star Newspaper & Publishing Co. which published the East African Handbook, 1907. J.G. Hartnoll became Editor of the Times in May 1906, but he left the paper without giving notice in January 1907.
Ancestry Passenger list 1927 William Ernest Low [sic] b. 1876 (address Plockton, Lochalsh, Scotland) is in the S. African Police