Herbert Wrigley Wilson
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1866 – 1940
Who was Herbert Wrigley Wilson?
Herbert Wrigley Wilson, known often only as H. W. Wilson, was a British journalist and naval historian.
He was the eldest son of the Reverend George Edwin Wilson and, like three of his five brothers, became a journalist. According to the memoirs of his brother G. H. Wilson, editor of the Cape Times, H. W. Wilson was "chief leader writer" and assistant editor of the Daily Mail from 1898 until his death during 1940. According to the newspaper's owner, Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, Wilson was the "mental backbone of the newspaper".
From 1914 to 1919, Wilson was joint editor with John Alexander Hammerton of the periodical The Great War:The Standard History of the All-Europe Conflict, published by the Amalgamated Press. The first volume was largely concerned with justifying Britain's entry into the war, and with encouraging the British people to sign up and fight. In its entirety, it ran to 13 volumes.
Other than his newspaper work, Wilson was also co-author, with William Le Queux, of a novel named The Invasion of 1910, and was the author of numerous books about naval and military history:
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- Born
- 1866
- Also known as
- H. W. Wilson
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Died
- Jul 12, 1940
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on July 23, 2013
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