Facts: - death place: monrovia liberia , west africa - relatives: james half-brother -rrb- ellen browning scripps , -lrb- 1836 -- 1932 e. ; half-sister -rrb- samuel h. scripps , -lrb- 1927 -- scripps 2007 ; grandson -rrb- , -lrb- 1835 -- 1906 ; - years active: 1878 -- 1926 - known for: founder 1878 -rrb- scripps institution of oceanography , -lrb- 1907 -rrb- of united press international , -lrb- 1908 ; later known as the '' upi news service '' -rrb- '' science service '' e. , -lrb- 1921 ; later known as '' society for w. science & the public '' -rrb- scripps company , -lrb- - caption: a . newspaper cutout of e.w. scripps , circa 1912 - death date: 12 march 1926 - spouse: nackie benson holtsinger -lrb- 1866 -- 1930 -rrb- - parents: james mogg scripps julia adeline osborne - children: james paul holtsinger scripps -lrb- 1889 -- 1914 -rrb- dolla blair george scripps -lrb- 1890 -- 1954 -rrb- edward maclean scripps -lrb- scripps 1891 -- 1898 -rrb- robert paine scripps -lrb- 1895 -- -lrb- 1938 -rrb- nackey '' scripps '' manley -lrb- 1898 -- 1886 1981 -rrb- -- 1921 -rrb- john - birth date: 18 june 1854 - name: e. w. scripps - birthname: edward willis scripps - image: file : e w scripps.jpg - birth place: rushville schuyler county illinois , us - occupation: publisher , publishing magnate Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of e. w. scripps .
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edward willis scripps -lrb- june 18 , 1854 -- march 12 , 1926 -rrb- , was an american newspaper publisher and founder of the e. w. scripps company , a diversified media conglomerate , and united press news service .it became united press international -lrb- upi -rrb- when international news service merged with united press in 1958 .the e. w. scripps school of journalism at ohio university is named for him .