William Cowper Brann (1855 - 1898)

William Cowper Brann (January 4, 1855 – April 1, 1898) was an American journalist known as Brann the Iconoclast. He earned the nickname “The Iconoclast” for the articulate savagery of his writing. At the time of his death, Brann owned and edited the Iconoclast newspaper in Waco, Texas.