# The Guardian founder

entity: /record/the-guardian.md  
predicate: founder  
page: /record/the-guardian/founder  
as_of: 2026-11-01  

As of November 1, 2026, The Guardian's founder on the AsOf record is John Edward Taylor, undated on the record, from a primary source (theguardian.com). The record holds 1 claim on The Guardian's founder, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founder

What the record asserts on 2026-11-01.

- [The Guardian](/record/the-guardian.md) | founder | John Edward Taylor | valid undated to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_F9D362491713](/claim/clm_F9D362491713.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11148, http://www.theguardian.com/gnm-archive/2002/jun/06/1

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [The Guardian](/record/the-guardian.md) | founder | John Edward Taylor | valid undated to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_F9D362491713](/claim/clm_F9D362491713.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11148, http://www.theguardian.com/gnm-archive/2002/jun/06/1

## Questions this record answers

### What is The Guardian's current founder?

John Edward Taylor, undated on the record, from a primary source (theguardian.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95).


## Get this data

- JSON: /v1/entities/the-guardian/founder (this fact) · /v1/entities/the-guardian?predicates=founder (with the entity's coverage; add as_of=YYYY-MM-DD for a date)
- MCP: entity_state(entity: "the-guardian", predicates: ["founder"], scope: "all")
- Entity twin: /record/the-guardian.md · timeline: /timelines/the-guardian.md

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