Edward Peter Mathers

Edward Peter Mathers FGS FRGS (19 August 1850, Edinburgh – 13 October 1924, Kensington) was a British author, editor, and newspaper proprietor.

The Natal Advertiser publicized the prospects for wealth from gold mining and fully supported British imperialism.

[2] Mathers also wrote guides and handbooks for British migrants.

[3] In the 1880s he travelled throughout the Transvaal gold fields, wrote about them, and became the first journalist to foretell their great future prospects.

The marriage produced one son, Edward Powys Mathers, and three daughters.