William Rule (editor)
William Rule | |
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| Born | May 10, 1839 Knox County, Tennessee, United States |
| Died | July 26, 1928 (aged 89) |
| Resting place | Old Gray Cemetery Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Occupation(s) | Newspaper publisher and editor |
| Notable work | Standard History of Knoxville (1900) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Lucy Ann Maxey |
| Parent(s) | Frederick and Sarah Brakebill Rule |
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.
A Union officer in the Civil War, Rule twice served as mayor of Knoxville (in 1873 and 1898). He published the city's first comprehensive history, Standard History of Knoxville, in 1900.