Reuters' founder, Baron von Reuter, was born on this day in 1816. Born Israel Beer Josaphat, he adopted the name Paul Julius Reuter on becoming a Lutheran in 1844 and was made a Baron in 1871. He spent most of his professional life in Great Britain but was made a Baron by the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The title was confirmed by Queen Victoria as "conferring the privileges of the nobility in England".
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