Edward Mulhall
Eduardo Mulhall · Also known as Edward Thomas Mulhall, E. T. Mulhall
Co-founder, with his brother Michael, of The Standard in Buenos Aires in 1861; a sheep farmer and businessman from a Dublin family who befriended two Argentine presidents.
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Irish link: DocumentedIrish-born, of a Dublin family, according to SILAS and the Irish Times.
Edward Thomas Mulhall was born in 1832 into a Dublin family. According to the Irish Times, he trained as a solicitor in New York before turning to sheep farming in Argentina. Nally's 1992 account on the SILAS site says he arrived in 1852 by way of the United States and came to own an estancia of 40,000 acres.
With his brother Michael George Mulhall he published the first issue of The Standard on 1 May 1861. It grew into South America's first English-language daily and, in the Irish Times's words, Argentina's paper of record abroad. Juan José Delaney credits the founding to Edward alone; the Irish Times and SILAS name both brothers, and we follow them. A younger brother, Francis Healy Mulhall (1845–98), arrived in 1865 and later edited The Southern Cross.
Nally says Edward befriended Presidents Roca and Avellaneda. Sources disagree on when he died: Nally gives 1888, while SILAS gives 1899. We leave the year out until it is settled.
Where sources disagree
Published sources give different versions. Here is each one with its source, and the wording we use.
Who founded The Standard
Michael George and Edward Thomas Mulhall published the first issue on 1 May 1861.
Source: McGinn, An Irishman's Diary, Irish Times, 7 September 1999, 7 September 1999(opens in a new tab)Founded by Edward T. Mulhall.
Source: Juan José Delaney, Irish-Argentine literature, ABEI Journal 2 (2000), 2000(opens in a new tab)
We say: We say 'founded by the Mulhall brothers'.
The year he died
Died in 1888.
Source: Nally, The Irish in Argentina (1992), on irlandeses.org, 1992(opens in a new tab)Died in 1899.
Source: SILAS DILAB, Mulhall, Michael George, by Edmundo Murray, 1 April 2004(opens in a new tab)
We say: We omit the year.
Sources
- Source: SILAS DILAB, Mulhall, Michael George, by Edmundo Murray, 1 April 2004(opens in a new tab)
- Source: McGinn, An Irishman's Diary, Irish Times, 7 September 1999, 7 September 1999(opens in a new tab)
- Source: Nally, The Irish in Argentina (1992), on irlandeses.org, 1992(opens in a new tab)
- Source: Juan José Delaney, Irish-Argentine literature, ABEI Journal 2 (2000), 2000(opens in a new tab)