Some Notables Who Made Their Marks Through Writing or Publishing
Below are some, but not all, of the persons who could be included under such a heading. Most of the people included were distinguished by their writing for public consumption about matters of local significance, many by way of newspapers, their topics being local history and public issues.
John Milton Earle 1794-1874	Publisher of the Weekly Spy, 1823-1858
John Denison Baldwin 1809–1883	Congregational minister, abolitionist, Congressman, editor and publisher of The Spy, 1859-1883
Charles Nutt 1868-1918	Editor and publisher of The Spy, 1899-1904, author of History of Worcester and Its People, 4 vol., 1919
Caleb Wall 1820-1898	Writer for The Spy, most years 1837-1898,  author of Reminiscences of Worcester 1657–1877, publ. 1877
Charles Doe 1838-1900	Publisher and editor of the Evening Gazette, 1869-1896
Austin P. Cristy 1850-1926	Founder, editor, and publisher of Sunday Telegram (1884), and the Daily Telegram (1886) through 1919. Recommended: Albert B. Southwick, 100 The Telegram Story 1884-1984  (Worcester Public Library)^*
Eugene M. Moriarty 1849-1905	Editor and publisher of  the Worcester Evening Post (1897-1905)
George F. Booth 1870-1955	Editor and publisher of the Evening Gazette, 1899-1920, and co-publisher of the Telegram & Gazette, 1925-1955^*
Theodore T. Ellis 1867-1934	Editor and publisher of Telegram (1919-1925),  acquired the   Evening Gazette 1920, and consolidated the Telegram & Gazette, then sold and left the business after five years
Sons of Alexander Belisle	Founders, editor, and publisher of French newspaper L’Opinion Publique, 1893- early 1920s
Franklin P. Rice 1852-1919	Historical archivist, writer, genealogist, and author of  Worcester of 1898: Fifty Years a City, 1899; transcribed 18^th century town documents
William J. Larkin (1867-1938)	Called the dean of newspapermen after 56 years with five local papers. Collection includes a PDF book of his columns.
Richard (1829-1905), Thomas (1862-1932) , and George O’Flynn (1889-1952)	Authority on Irish history, collector and seller of books and historic artifacts, and his sons, authors of successive volumes of a history of Worcester for students
Zelotes W. Coombs 1865-1946	Professor of English at WPI, author of  small articles on Worcester history (“jottings”), numbering in the hundreds

*  See also: article about the history of the Telegram & Gazette and its predecessors by Albert B. Southwick in 2009:

http://www.telegram.com/article/20090709/column21/907090655