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Fairfax, John

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Author(s): Johnson, Stuart
[German Version] (baptized on Oct 24, 1805, Warwick, England – Jun 16, 1877, Sydney, Australia). Fairfax was a newspaper publisher and industrialist, a Congregationalist (Congregationalism), and a philanthropist. After emigrating to Sydney in 1838, Fairfax became Australia's premier newspaper baron and the director of many business ventures, simultaneously embodying both evangelical engagement for Christ and the changes that were taking place in society at the time. A lifelong deacon in the Congre…