William Rule (editor), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Rule (editor)

American newspaper publisher

Date of Birth: 10-May-1839

Place of Birth: Knox County, Tennessee, United States

Date of Death: 26-Jul-1928

Profession: politician, publisher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

William Rule (May 10, 1839 – July 26, 1928) was an American newspaper editor and politician, best known as the founder of the Knoxville Journal, which was published in Knoxville, Tennessee, from 1870 until 1991.
A protégé of vitriolic newspaper editor William G.
"Parson" Brownlow, Rule established the Journal (initially called the Chronicle) as a successor to Brownlow's Knoxville Whig.
Rule twice served as mayor of Knoxville (in 1873 and 1898), and published the city's first comprehensive history, Standard History of Knoxville, in 1900.