# Marcus Williamson

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British writer, journalist, and campaigner

**Marcus Williamson** is a British writer, journalist, and campaigner. As an obituarist, he has written [obituaries](/source/Obituaries) of more than 400 subjects, including artists, poets, musicians, actors and inventors for *[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)*, *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)*, *[The Scotsman](/source/The_Scotsman)* and *[Jewish Chronicle](/source/Jewish_Chronicle)* .[1]

## Campaigns

### Phorm

In 2009, the [AIM](/source/Alternative_Investment_Market)-listed (since delisted and failed) spyware company [Phorm](/source/Phorm) created a website Stopphoulplay.com to attack Williamson and fellow campaigner [Alexander Hanff](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Hanff&action=edit&redlink=1). 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.' [2] The site was soon taken down and later described as a "PR disaster".[3]

### 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](/source/Nationwide_Building_Society) had closed down his email address, rather than face emails from upset customers.[4]

## Publications

- *The True Celtic Language and the Stone Circle of Rennes les Bains*. 2008. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1257639526](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1257639526). Translation of an 1886 work by [Henri Boudet](/source/Henri_Boudet).

- *Claude Cahun at School in England*. Lulu, 2011. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-257639-52-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-257639-52-6).

- *Path*. Atelier St Louis Production, 2011. With Jonathan Moss. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-956833-40-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-956833-40-2).

- *Rene Halkett: From Bauhaus to Cornwall*. Catalogue of exhibition at [Falmouth Art Gallery](/source/Falmouth_Art_Gallery), 2019.

- *The International Encyclopedia of Surrealism*. Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2019. Williamson contributed biographical articles on [Raymond Roussel](/source/Raymond_Roussel), [Sarane Alexandrian](/source/Sarane_Alexandrian), [Ithell Colquhoun](/source/Ithell_Colquhoun), [David Gascoyne](/source/David_Gascoyne) and [Isabelle Waldberg](/source/Isabelle_Waldberg).[5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Marcus Williamson"](http://www.independent.co.uk/author/marcus-williamson). *The Independent*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Neate, Rupert (28 April 2009). ["Phorm chief labels critics 'serial agitators'"](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/5232565/Phorm-chief-labels-critics-serial-agitators.html). *The Telegraph*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Neate, Rupert (1 May 2009). ["Phorm's Stopphoulplay site is a PR disaster"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090628191401/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/rupertneate/9669467/Phorms_Stopphoulplay_site_is_a_PR_disaster/). *The Telegraph*. Archived from [the original](http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/rupertneate/9669467/Phorms_Stopphoulplay_site_is_a_PR_disaster/) on 28 June 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Insley, Jill (14 September 2010). ["Nationwide chief executive shuts down email address"](https://www.theguardian.com/money/2010/sep/14/nationwide-chief-executive-email-address). *The Guardian*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Bloomsbury International Encyclopedia of Surrealism - Search Results"](https://www.bloomsburyvisualarts.com/search-results?any=%22Marcus%20Williamson%22).

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