John Reith Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for John Reith, based on 2 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.

2 records1927–19402 events1 places

Chronological biography

1927

BBC Birmingham1927

Arts / Broadcasting · Engineer · Birmingham

Expands regional broadcasting as Birmingham becomes an important BBC centre.

1940

Minister of Transport14 May 1940

Government / Naional Coalition · Minister of Transport

Appointed Minister for Transport

Titles and roles

Engineer · Minister of Transport

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.