<P> Most textbooks date the establishment of the `` Publicity Bureau '' in 1900 as the start of the modern public relations ( PR ) profession . Of course , there were many early forms of public influence and communications management in history . Basil Clarke is considered the founder of the public relations profession in Britain with his establishment of Editorial Services in 1924 . Academic Noel Turnball points out that systematic PR was employed in Britain first by religious evangelicals and Victorian reformers , especially opponents of slavery . In each case the early promoters focused on their particular movement and were not for hire more generally . </P>
<P> Most textbooks date the establishment of the `` Publicity Bureau '' in 1900 as the start of the modern public relations ( PR ) profession . Of course , there were many early forms of public influence and communications management in history . Basil Clarke is considered the founder of the public relations profession in Britain with his establishment of Editorial Services in 1924 . Academic Noel Turnball points out that systematic PR was employed in Britain first by religious evangelicals and Victorian reformers , especially opponents of slavery . In each case the early promoters focused on their particular movement and were not for hire more generally . </P>
who dropped out of harvard and became the person many refer to as the founder of public relations
who dropped out of harvard and became the person many refer to as the founder of public relations
Basil Clarke
Basil Clarke