Zusammenfassung
Dies ist die erste Biographie des viktorianischen Journalisten, Zeitungsherausgebers und Reiseschriftstellers Andrew Wilson (1830–1881). Geboren in Bombay, war er nach Studien an den Universitäten von Edinburgh und Tübingen als Zeitungsherausgeber in Bombay, Karachi und Hongkong tätig und verfasste zahlreiche Beiträge für Blackwood’s Magazine. Weithin bekannt wurde er mit dem Buch The Abode of Snow, der anschaulichen Beschreibung einer Reise im Himalaya. Die Biographie fußt in erster Linie auf Wilson’s unpublizierten Briefen an John und William Blackwood und zeichnet das Bild einer bemerkenswerten Persönlichkeit, deren Leben faszinierende Einblicke in die schottische Geschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts im Kontext des Britischen Weltreichs gewährt.
Abstract
This is the first-ever biography of the Victorian journalist, newspaper editor and travel writer Andrew Wilson (1830–1881). Born in Bombay, he was educated in the universities of Edinburgh and Tübingen, subsequently editing various newspapers in Bombay, Karachi and Hongkong. A prolific contributor to Blackwood’s Magazine, he became widely known for his book The Abode of Snow, the graphic description of a journey in the Himalaya. Based mainly on Wilson’s unpublished letters to John and William Blackwood, the biography reveals a striking personality whose life and career afford fascinating glimpses of the cultural, political and religious history of 19th-century Scotland in the context of the British Empire.
Schlagworte
19. Jahrhundert 19th century biography Andrew Wilson British Empire Biografie cultural history Biographie Himalayas Blackwood's Magazine Bombay journalist letters Briefe newspaper editor Britisches Empire newspapers Das Haus des Schnees Himalaya Scotland John Blackwood travel writer Journalist travelogues Victorianism Kulturgeschichte Reisebeschreibungen Reiseschriftsteller Schottland The Abode of Snow Viktorianismus William Blackwood Zeitungen Zeitungsherausgeber- Kapitel Ausklappen | EinklappenSeiten
- 11–12 Introduction 11–12
- 93–110 5 Travels in Europe 93–110
- 111–132 6 The Abode of Snow 111–132
- 133–154 7 Last Years 133–154
- 155–160 Sources 155–160
- 161–162 Index 161–162
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- „... all cheap newspapers must be for a long time to come.As James Mackenzie Maclean, editor of the Bombay ...” „... the Star of India, but its paid editor, and that the failure of that newspaper “was due to ...” „... his work as a newspaper editor in the obituary that was published in the Scotsman:309He brought to ...”
- „... newspapers and journals to which he had contributed and to whose editors he had been known personally, that ...” „... on men like myself than on ordinary newspaper writers, because besides the distaste we cannot help ...” „... , and less for newspapers; but somehow I had got into the way of depositing newspaper articles without ...”
- „... working as a newspaper editor, reporter of law cases for the Scottish Jurist, examiner in philosophy in ...” „... , having been appointed editor of another newspaper, the Sindian.107Little is known about Andrew Wilson’s ...” „... examination is reflected in the following newspaper report, which was published in the Caledonian Mercury at ...”
- „... , and the ghost does good service to the affrighted party attacked by ruffians.Other newspapers, however ...” „... to see a proof of the article, he appears to have received one, as he wrote again to the editor on 7 ...” „... graphic details and animated descriptions of the country which is thus specified.”252 Several newspapers ...”
- „... minor oversights – they consist mainly of stray references in Victorian newspapers, journals, magazines ...” „... than 250 unpublished letters to the editors of Blackwood’s Magazine, preserved in the National Library ...”
- „... Notices of the late John Blackwood, editor of ‘Blackwood’s Magazine’, Edinburgh: Printed for Private ...” „... 303–312.158King, Frank H. H., and Prescott Clarke, A Research Guide to China-Coast Newspapers, Cambridge, Mass ...”