biography
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Russell, Sir William Howard
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| lived:
| (1820–1907)
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| biography:
| War correspondent and writer, born near Tallaght, Co Dublin, E Ireland. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin, joined The Times (1843), and was called to the bar in 1850, but never practised. From the Crimea (1854–5) he wrote the famous despatches (collected 1856) which opened the eyes of the British to the sufferings of the soldiers. Among his other assignments were the Indian Mutiny (1858), the American Civil War (1861), and the Austro-Prussian War (1866). He established the Army and Navy Gazette (1860), and wrote several books, including a novel, The Adventures of Dr Brady (1868), Hesperothen (1882), and A Visit to Chile (1890). |
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