Fred T. Jane

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John Fredrick Thomas Jane , known by his pseudonym Fred T. Jane (born August 6, 1865 in Richmond , Surrey , England , † March 8, 1916 ) was a British naval war historian.

Life

Even as a teenager, Jane became interested in shipping and sketched many warships . In 1889 he was commissioned by a magazine to report on the Spithead Review of the Royal Navy, a fleet inspection in Spithead .

In 1898, Jane founded Jane's Information Group . The reference works “All the World's Fighting Ships” for warships and “All the World's Air-ships” for aircraft, which are still published by this publisher, are now considered reference works .

Jane was also politically active and a strong opponent of the Liberals. When the left-liberal candidate Edward Hemmerde was nominated for election in 1910 , Jane decided to disrupt the election campaign. At the station he met Winston Churchill , who wanted to give a speech in support of Hemmerde. Instead of driving Churchill to the agreed venue, he took him to the country, which prevented Churchill from delivering his speech.

bibliography

Fiction
  • Blake of the "Rattlesnake": or, The Man Who Saved England: A Story of Torpedo Warfare in 189- (1895)
  • The Incubated Girl (1896)
  • To Venus in Five Seconds: Being an Account of the Strange Disappearance of Thomas Plummer, Pillmaker (1897)
  • The Violet Flame: A Story of Armageddon and After (1899)
Continued publications

literature

  • Richard Brooks: Fred T Jane: An Eccentric Visionary. Janes Information Group, 1997, ISBN 0-7106-1751-8 .

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personal data
SURNAME Jane, Fred T.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jane, John Fredrick Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British naval war historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Richmond , Surrey , England
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1916