title: The Harmsworth Self-Educator
text: # The Harmsworth Self-Educator
  
  The Harmsworth Self-Educator was a British educational magazine series "published in forty eight issues between 1905 and 1907" at the instigation of newspaper owner Alfred Harmsworth and edited by Arthur Mee. The purpose of The Self-Educator was to provide access to education for anyone who wanted to learn applied knowledge and choose a profession. A notable alumnus was Basil Brown, the self-taught astronomer and early excavator of Sutton Hoo, and another was the Australian businessman and philanthropist, Edward Hallstrom.
  
  