Gottlieb Schuler
Australian journalist (1853–1926)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gottlieb Frederick Henry Schuler (23 February 1853 – 11 December 1926),[1] who has been referred to authoritatively as G. Frederick H. Schuler or Schüler,[2][3] was an Australian journalist, editor of The Age for 26 years from 1900.
Schuler was born in Heimerdingen, Württemberg, the son of Jacob Friderich Schüler and his wife Christine Catharine, née Frey,[1]. Some sources suggest that he was born at sea.[4]
Around 1860, Schuler came to Australia with his parents and was educated at Sandhurst (now Bendigo, Victoria). After leaving school, he the Bendigo Independent. He later transferred the Bendigo Advertiser, then The Age.
During the 1914–18 war he was vilified by opposition newspapers for his German origins[5][6] despite protests that he was born at sea.[7]
Schuler died at his home in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn on 11 December 1926, leaving a widow and two daughters.[1]