Harmsworth Alfred 
(15.07.1865-14.08.1922)

English journalist, newspaper tycoon. 
Born in Dublin, Ireland. At the age of 15, Kharmsworth was an ordinary employee of the newspaper; at 17, he had already become an assistant editor of the Youth magazine and an author in the newspapers “St. James' Gazette and Morning Post. 
In 1887, Harmsworth founded his own publishing business, the weekly journal Answer, which marked the beginning of the world's largest publishing business. Gradually, he became the owner of a number of American and British newspapers: in 1894 he bought the bankrupt London Evening News with his brother Harold, in 1896 he founded the morning newspaper Daily Mail, which was published, except for London, in Manchester and Paris, and later - London's Daily Mirror, in 1908 bought the London Times. Kharmsworth was one of the richest and most influential people of his time. He had the title of Baron, Peer, Viscount, traveled a lot, engaged in patronage. Kharmsworth financed a brilliant three-year expedition of F. Jackson on the Franz Josef Land Archipelago, which under his patronage had no problems with maintenance and achieved excellent results. 
During the First World War, for his active anti-German position, Kharmsworth was hated in Germany, was a constant target of attacks in German newspapers. A bronze “hate medal” with its image was even minted. 
Kharmsworth was offered the posts of Minister of Aviation, Ambassador to Washington, but he rejected these proposals. At the head of the newspaper empire, Kharmsworth was one of the most powerful men in the world. 
He died in London. Urn with ashes buried in the cemetery of the city of East Finchley Greater London, England. 
On the map of Jackson, Alfred Harmsworth Island was shown in the northwestern part of the Franz Josef Land archipelago directly to the north of Arthur Island, separated from it by Harold Harmsworth Strait. These objects existed on the Franz Josef Land maps until the second half of the 1920s. For the first time the absence of the island was noticed in 1929 by an expedition on the icebreaker “G. Sedov. Finally, it was established in 1931 by an expedition on the Malygin icebreaking steamer and by an air expedition on the airship “Graf Zeppelin” in 1931. Currently the following objects are associated with the name Harmsworth: 
Cape (Mary Harmsworth) in the west of the island is Alexandra Land in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago, discovered and named by F. Jackson in 1895 in honor of Alfred Harmsworth's wife. 
Cape (Cecil-Kharmsworth) in the southeast of Hooker Island in the Franz Josef Land Archipelago, named in 1897 by F. Jackson in honor of Alfred Kharmsworth's brother.