Robert Stephen Rintoul Robert Stephen Rintoul Robert Stephen Rintoul (1787 – 22 April 1858) was a British journalist. He was born at Tibbermore, Perthshire, in 1787, and educated at the Aberdalgie parish school. After serving his apprenticeship to the printing trade he became the printer and subsequently the editor of the "Dundee Advertiser". In 1826 he went to London where he was editor of "The Atlas" before, in July 1828 with the assistance of friends, founding "The Spectator". In this publication Rintoul strongly supported the Reform Bill, and to him was due the catchphrase "The bill, the whole bill, and nothing but the
Diogenes (British magazine) supervisory editor of Watts Phillips, who functioned as sub-editor and provided cartoons under the name "The Ragged Philosopher". Literary contributors included Robert Brough, William Brough, Angus Reach, Augustus Mayhew, and George Augustus Henry Sala. Besides Watts Phillips, in the first year the three main illustrators were William McConnell (1831–1867), Charles H. Bennett, and William Newman (1817–1870). Newman, a Roman Catholic, had resigned from "Punch" in April 1850 on account of its anti-Catholic editorial position. Starting in 1854, Alfred Thompson contributed numerous illustrations. Diogenes (British magazine) Diogenes, a Light upon many Subjects was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire