John Reade was an Irish-born Canadian journalist, essayist, and poet once considered "the grand old man of Canadian letters." He is best known as the literary editor of the Montreal Gazette, a position he held for almost 50 years.
- Occupation
- journalist, poet, literary critic, writer
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Born
- November 13, 1837
- Died
- March 26, 1919
