Sir William Howard Russell, Irish reporter with The Times, considered one of the first modern war correspondents, covering the Crimean War

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Illustration from Cassell's Century Edition History of England, pub circa 1901. After photo by Roger Fenton (1819-1869) Info from wiki: Sir William Howard Russell, CVO (28 March 1820, Tallaght, County Dublin, Ireland – 11 February 1907, London, England) was an Irish reporter with The Times, and is considered to have been one of the first modern war correspondents. He spent 22 months covering the Crimean War, including the Siege of Sevastopol and the Charge of the Light Brigade. He later covered events during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the American Civil War, the Austro-Prussian War, and the Franco-Prussian War.

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