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Things Seen: Impressions of Men, Cities, and Books
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Published May 24, 2016
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About the author
G.W. Steevens
15 booksGeorge Warrington Steevens, usually credited as G.W. Steevens, was a British journalist and writer.
As a journalist, he distinguished himself by his clearness of vision and vivid style, and was connected successively with the 'Pall Mall Gazette', which he joined under
the editorship of Mr Henry Custhe in 1893, where he remained for three years whilst also contributing to such as the National Observer and other periodicals. In 1896 he joined the Daily Mail. where he was to become the most famous war correspondent of his time.
He was educated at the City of London School and Balliol College, Oxford. He was elected a fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, in 1892 and also spent some time at Cambridge where he had his first taste of journalism when he edited a weekly periodical.
His first important contribution to literature
was his 'Monologues of the Dead' (1896) and this was followed by a series of important books over the following four years. 'Naval Policy' (1896), 'The Land of the Dollar' (1897), 'With Kitchener to Khartoum' (1898), 'Egypt' (1898), 'In India' (1899) and 'Dreyfus' (1899). He also had a couple of books published posthumously.
He died during the Boer War in South Africa of enteric fever (now more commonly known as typhoid) on 15 January 1900, just six weeks before the Natal Field Army of Redvers Buller relieved Ladysmith. He was representing the London Daily Mail with Sir George White's force at Ladysmith.
As a journalist, he distinguished himself by his clearness of vision and vivid style, and was connected successively with the 'Pall Mall Gazette', which he joined under
the editorship of Mr Henry Custhe in 1893, where he remained for three years whilst also contributing to such as the National Observer and other periodicals. In 1896 he joined the Daily Mail. where he was to become the most famous war correspondent of his time.
He was educated at the City of London School and Balliol College, Oxford. He was elected a fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, in 1892 and also spent some time at Cambridge where he had his first taste of journalism when he edited a weekly periodical.
His first important contribution to literature
was his 'Monologues of the Dead' (1896) and this was followed by a series of important books over the following four years. 'Naval Policy' (1896), 'The Land of the Dollar' (1897), 'With Kitchener to Khartoum' (1898), 'Egypt' (1898), 'In India' (1899) and 'Dreyfus' (1899). He also had a couple of books published posthumously.
He died during the Boer War in South Africa of enteric fever (now more commonly known as typhoid) on 15 January 1900, just six weeks before the Natal Field Army of Redvers Buller relieved Ladysmith. He was representing the London Daily Mail with Sir George White's force at Ladysmith.
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