Angus Hamilton

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Angus Hamilton before 1911

Angus Hamilton (also John Angus Lushington Moore Hamilton ; * 1874 , † June 14, 1913 ) was a British journalist who mainly worked as a war correspondent .

Life

Angus Hamilton was a member of the British aristocratic family, whose head is the Duke of Abercorn . His father, John Angus Lushington Hamilton, was an officer in the 2nd West Indian Regiment and his stepfather was the British playwright Sir Arthur Wing Pinero . After his education at Cheltenham College in England, as well as in Germany and France, he worked as a reporter for the British newspaper " Pall Mall Gazette ", which sent him to Korea for some time. There he collects material for his book "Korea", which was published in the week in which the Russo-Japanese War broke out. Other places of residence include South Africa, China and Macedonia. In February 1913 he set off from New York on a lecture tour through the United States of America . On June 14, he committed suicide in a New York hotel because of financial problems. He is buried on June 18 in New York at Evergreen Cemetery.

Fonts

  • The Siege of Mafeking . Methuen & Co. London 1900. [6]
  • Korea (English edition). William Heinemann. London 1904.
  • Korea. The Land of Dawn (German edition). Publishing house by Otto Springer. Leipzig 1904.
  • Afghanistan . Oriental Series Vol. XVIII. JB Millet Company. Boston and Tokyo 1910.
  • Somaliland . Hutchinson. London 1911.

literature

  • Michael Dirauf: Gold Rush in Korea. The German gold mine in Korea from 1897 to 1903 . Iudicium-Verlag, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-86205-422-0

Individual evidence

  1. ^ [1] New York Tribune. Edition of June 15, 1913 (page 1).
  2. ↑ [2] (World Digital Library).
  3. ^ [3] New York Tribune. Edition of June 15, 1913 (page 1).
  4. ↑ [4] The Saint Paul Globe. Edition of February 28, 1904 (page 31).
  5. ^ [5] New-York Tribune. June 15, 1913 issue (page 3) with photo by Angus Hamilton.
  6. ^ New York Times. Issued June 19, 1913 (page 11); Morn Angus Hamilton .: Friends Gather at Funeral of English War Correspondent.
personal data
SURNAME Hamilton, Angus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hamilton, John Angus Lushington Moore (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1874
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 1913