John Walter 1739 - 1812
- occupation:
- Coal merchant, Printer
- Nationality:
- British
- born in:
- London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Originally worked as a coal merchant with Lloyds but turned his hand to printing in 1785 as he became aware of logography. He decided to start a daily advertising sheet, the Daily Universal Register which was first issued in 1785. However, in 1788 he decided to abandon advertising and logography and turned his attention to creating a newspaper which he called 'The Times'.