Marcus Williamson

{{Short description|British writer, journalist, and campaigner}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Use British English|date=September 2016}} '''Marcus Williamson''' is a British writer, journalist, and campaigner. As an obituarist, he has written [[obituaries]] of more than 400 subjects, including artists, poets, musicians, actors and inventors for ''[[The Independent]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[The Scotsman]]'' and ''[[Jewish Chronicle]]'' .<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/author/marcus-williamson|title=Marcus Williamson|website=The Independent}}</ref>

== Campaigns ==

===Phorm=== In 2009, the [[Alternative Investment Market|AIM]]-listed (since delisted and failed) spyware company [[Phorm]] created a website Stopphoulplay.com to attack Williamson and fellow campaigner [[Alexander Hanff]]. The company accused Williamson of '...waging a "serial letter writing" campaign to Phorm's potential customers and partners in attempt to discredit the company and Mr Ertugrul.' <ref>{{cite news|last=Neate|first=Rupert|title=Phorm chief labels critics 'serial agitators'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/5232565/Phorm-chief-labels-critics-serial-agitators.html|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=28 Apr 2009}}</ref> The site was soon taken down and later described as a "PR disaster".<ref>{{cite news|last=Neate|first=Rupert|title=Phorm's Stopphoulplay site is a PR disaster|url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/rupertneate/9669467/Phorms_Stopphoulplay_site_is_a_PR_disaster/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628191401/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/rupertneate/9669467/Phorms_Stopphoulplay_site_is_a_PR_disaster/|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 June 2009|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=1 May 2009}}</ref>

===CEOemail.com=== He is the editor of the consumer information website CEOemail.com, which provides the email addresses of many company CEOs. The website is free for non-professional users, with a fee for business users for each email address provided.

In 2010, he revealed that the CEO of the [[Nationwide Building Society]] had closed down his email address, rather than face emails from upset customers.<ref>{{cite news|last=Insley|first=Jill|title=Nationwide chief executive shuts down email address|url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2010/sep/14/nationwide-chief-executive-email-address|newspaper=The Guardian|date=14 September 2010}}</ref>

== Publications ==

* ''The True Celtic Language and the Stone Circle of Rennes les Bains''. 2008. {{ISBN|978-1257639526}}. Translation of an 1886 work by [[Henri Boudet]]. * ''Claude Cahun at School in England''. Lulu, 2011. {{ISBN|978-1-257639-52-6}}. * ''Path''. Atelier St Louis Production, 2011. With Jonathan Moss. {{ISBN|978-0-956833-40-2}}. * ''Rene Halkett: From Bauhaus to Cornwall''. Catalogue of exhibition at [[Falmouth Art Gallery]], 2019. * ''The International Encyclopedia of Surrealism''. Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2019. Williamson contributed biographical articles on [[Raymond Roussel]], [[Sarane Alexandrian]], [[Ithell Colquhoun]], [[David Gascoyne]] and [[Isabelle Waldberg]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomsburyvisualarts.com/search-results?any=%22Marcus%20Williamson%22|title = Bloomsbury International Encyclopedia of Surrealism - Search Results}}</ref>

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