Christopher Blackett (c. 1751 – 25 January 1829) owned the Northumberland colliery at Wylam that built Puffing Billy, the first commercial adhesion steam locomotive. He was also the founding owner of The Globe newspaper in 1803.[1][2][3]
- ^ Timothy Hackworth and the Locomotive by Robert Young page 35 says of Blackett "Better known in London as the proprietor of the Globe newspaper, established in 1803". Young was published in 1923 and 1975. It is likely that Young sources subsequent quoted references to this linkage.
- ^ Hill 2007, p. 6.
- ^ Blacketts and Literature at https://www.theblacketts.com/articles/47-blacketts-and-literature Archived 7 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 7 November 2013.