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Thomas Barnes (1785 - 7 May 1841) was a British journalist
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Thomas Barnes (1785 - 7 May 1841) was a British journalist
Journalist

A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues, and people while striving for viewpoints that aren't biased....
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He was educated at Christ's Hospital
Christ's Hospital

Christ's Hospital is a full board coeducational boarding school located in the countryside just south of Horsham, West Sussex, England. The school was originally founded in the 16th century in Christ Church Greyfriars, London and Hertford....
 and Pembroke College, Cambridge
Pembroke College, Cambridge

Pembroke College is a college of the University of Cambridge, home to over six hundred students and fellow, and is the third oldest of the colleges....
. He came to London and soon joined the famous literary circle of which Hunt, Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt
William Hazlitt

William Hazlitt was an English writer remembered for his humanistic essays and literary criticism. Hazlitt was a prominent English literary critic, grammarian and philosopher....
 were prominent members. Upon the retirement of Dr John Stoddart
John Stoddart

Sir John Stoddart , writer and lawyer, editor of The Times.Stoddart, eldest son of John Stoddart, lieutenant in the Royal Navy, was born at Salisbury on 6 Feb....
 in 1817 he was appointed editor of The Times
The Times

The Times is a daily national newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register.The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of News International....
, a position which he held until his death, when he was succeeded by John Delane. Lord Lyndhurst gave expression to a very widely-held opinion when he described him as "the most powerful man in the country."