Summary
Julian Ralph (May 27, 1853 – January 20, 1903) was an author and journalist, most noted for his work on The Sun, a newspaper of New York City.
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| Born | May 27, 1853 New York, New York |
| Died | January 20, 1903 (aged 49) New York, New York |
| Occupation | Journalist |
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Biography edit
Julian Ralph was born in New York City on May 27, 1853.[1] At 15 years of age he was a printer's apprentice in New Jersey for the Red Bank Standard where he later became a reporter. He became editor of the Webster, Massachusetts, Times. He returned to his hometown of New York City in 1872 where he was a reporter for The World.[2] He joined the staff of the New York Daily Graphic in 1875, but within a year he left it and was on the staff of the New York Sun until 1895, gaining a world-wide reputation as a correspondent. In 1896 he became London correspondent for the New York Journal, was with the Turkish armies during the Greco-Turkish War in 1897, and in 1899 went to South Africa as war correspondent for the London Daily Mail.[3] He was elected to the Royal Geographical Society in 1898.[2]
In 1876 he married Isabella Mount.[2]
He died at his home in New York City on January 20, 1903.[4]
Works edit
Besides numerous magazine articles, his publications include:[3]
- The Sun's German Barber (1883)[2]
- Dutchman or German (1889)
- On Canada's Frontier (1892)
- Chicago and the World's Fair (1893)
- Our Great West (1893)
- People We Pass (1895)
- Dixie (1896)
- Alone in China (1898)
- A Prince in Georgia (1899)
- Toward Pretoria (1900)
- An American with Lord Roberts (1901)
- War's Brighter Side (1901)
- The Millionairess (a novel, 1902)
- The Making of a Journalist (1903)[2]
References edit
- ^ Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard, eds. (1904). The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans. Vol. IX. Boston: The Biographical Society. Retrieved May 25, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b c d e Willard Grosvenor Bleyer (1935). "Ralph, Julian". Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
- ^ a b This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
- ^ "Death of Julian Ralph". The New York Times. January 21, 1903. p. 2. Retrieved May 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
Further reading edit
- Lancaster, Paul, Gentleman of the Press: The Life and Times of an Early Reporter, Julian Ralph of the Sun, Syracuse University Press, 1992.
External links edit
- Works by Julian Ralph at Project Gutenberg
- Works by Julian Ralph at Faded Page (Canada)
- Works by Julian Ralph at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
