Joseph Woodhead (1824 - 21 May 1913) was an English newspaper proprietor and editor and a Liberal Party politician.
He was educated at private schools but grew up in a home where books and reading were valued.
At fifteen he was apprenticed to a woollen manufacturer working all day and studying until late at night.
In 1851 with a group of like-minded local Liberals he founded the Huddersfield Examiner newspaper[1] which was produced in a room over a shop in Kirkgate.
[2] He made it into a leading exponent of non-conformist liberalism and in 1871 it became a daily evening paper.