Today marks the 200th birthday of Paul Julius Reuter, founder of the famous international news agency.

Here is a round-up of some of his achievements (from Thomson Reuters):

“Paul Julius Reuter broke early boundaries that have successively shaped the news landscape into the fast-paced industry that we now know. In 1850, exploiting a gap in the electric telegraph between Brussels and Aachen, Reuter used pigeons to fly stock market prices between the two cities much more quickly than the post train.