Westall, William, 1835-1903
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Name (Latin)
Westall, William, 1835-1903
Other forms of name
Westall, William Bury, 1834-1903
Date of birth
1835-02-07
Date of death
1903-09-12
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- His Roy of Roy's Court, 189-?:t.p. (William Westall)
- The old factory, 2000:t.p. (William Bury Westall (1834-1903)) prelim. (born Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire in 1834, son of a cotton mill owner. Moved to Geneva in 1874, as foreign correpondent for "The Times" and editor of "Swiss Times". Became British Consul in Russia and war correspondent in Crimean and Armenian Civil Wars. Translator of Russian literature and writer of novels drawing on his experiences in Lancashire, the continent and further afield. Died Heathfield, Sussex on 9 Sept. 1903)
Wikipedia description:
William Bury Westall (7 February 1834 – 1903) was an English novelist born in Old Accrington, Lancashire, England. Originally a businessman, he later became a journalist who also wrote about 30 pot-boiler romantic novels with titles including The Old Factory, The Phantom City: A Volcanic Romance, Strange Crimes and Her Ladyship's Secret. Among his novels are Her Two Millions (1897) with its autobiographical element and descriptions of how a Swiss newspaper is run (Westall worked as an editor of Swiss Times); and Birch Dene (1889) which contains portraits of London and is evocative of the Industrial Revolution.
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