George Alfred Henty

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George Alfred Henty

George Alfred Henty (born December 8, 1832 in Trumpington , Cambridgeshire , † November 16, 1902 in Weymouth , Dorset ) was an English writer and war correspondent. He is also occasionally quoted with GA Henty .

Live and act

Henty was the son of the stockbroker James Henty (1799–1872) and his wife Mary Bovill (1808–1887). He was the second of four children and was ill for long periods of time during his childhood and became an avid reader during this time. He completed his school years at Westminster School ( City of Westminster ) and then studied at Gonville and Caius College at the University of Cambridge .

When the Crimean War broke out in 1853 , Henty dropped out and got a job at the Army Hospital Commissariat . He was sent to the Crimea to report on the "working conditions" of British soldiers. His father sold his private letters home to the Morning Advertiser , who not only published them, but also offered Henty a lucrative contract as a war correspondent .

On July 1, 1857, Henty married Elizabeth Finucane († 1865 at Tbc ) in London and had four children with her: Maud Elizabeth, Ethel Mary, James and Charles Gerald. In 1859, Henty left the Army and began writing for the Evening Standard . He reported on the German War , where he had the opportunity to meet Giuseppe Garibaldi . He accompanied the army during a punitive expedition to the Abyssinian Empire and reported from the front of the Franco-German War . His experiences as a companion of English troops in the Ashanti Empire found the same enthusiastic readership as his reports from the Russo-Ottoman War .

In addition to his job, he also began to write literary works. In 1868 he made his successful debut as an author for young people with the novel “Out on the Pampas”. Encouraged by his success, Henty gave up his travels and published over a hundred works by the end of his life.

George Alfred Henty died on November 16, 1902 on his yacht "The Egret" in Weymouth Harbor and found his final resting place in Brompton Cemetery , London.

Works (selection)

Short stories
  • Tales of Daring and Danger. Five short stories . Blackie Books, London 1890.
  • Yarns on the beach. a bundle of tales . Blackie Books, London 1886.
  • Gallant deeds. Five short stories . Chambers, London 1905.
Novels
  • The lion of St Mark. A story of Venice in the 14th century .
    • German: The lion of St. Markus. A story from Venice's past . Meidinger publishing house, Berlin 1921.
  • Condemned as a nihilist. A story of Escape from Siberia .
    • German: An escape from Siberia or condemned as a nihilist. Story based on true events in the empire of the tsar . Costenoble, Jena 1914.
  • Through the Sikh War. A tale of the conquest of the Punjab .
    • German: From days of danger. A story from the Indian uprising . Costenoble, Jena 1914.
  • In the heart of the Rockies. A story of adventure in Colorado .
    • German: In the heart of the rocky mountains. Adventure in the wild west of North America . Costenoble, Jena 1914.
  • With Frederick the Great. A tale of the Seven Years War .
    • German: Under the flags of Frederick the Great. A story from the Seven Years' War . Costenoble, Jena 1914.
  • By right of conquest. With Cortez in Mexico .
    • German: With Cortez in Mexico. A shipwrecked adventure in the Aztec lands . Costenoble, Jena 1915.
  • A roving commission or through the black insurrection at Hayti .
    • German: In West Indian waters. Story from the time of the Negro uprising in Haiti . Costenoble, Jena 1915.
  • True to the old flag. A tale of the American War of Independence .
    • German: With General Lee in Virginia . Hethke, Schönau 1999 (EA Jena 1915)

literature

  • Kathryn Castle: Britannia's children. Reading colonialism through children's books and magazines . University Press, Manchester 1996, ISBN 0-7190-2853-1 , p. 55.
  • George M. Fenn: George Alfred Henty. The story of an active life . Blackie Books, London 1907.
  • Marion Gerdes-Ufken: The youth book author GA Henty. For processing and reflecting the prevailing ideas of his time in his novel “Sturd and strong” and “The young colonists” . University of Oldenburg 1986.
  • Rachel E. Johnson: A complete identity. The youthful hero in the work of GA Henty and George MacDonald . Pickwick Publ., Eugene 2014, ISBN 978-1-62564-238-7 .
  • Roy Sommer: The Change in Perspective Structure in English Narrative Literature between Victorianism and Multi-Perspective Narration. On the theory and history of the perspective structure in the English novel of the 18th to 20th centuries . WVT, Trier 2000, ISBN 3-88476-430-6 , pp. 199-224.
  • John C. Thompson: The boys' Dumas, GA Henty. Aspects of Victorian publishing . Carcanet Press, Cheadle Hulme 1975, ISBN 0-85635-144-X .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Contents: Bears and Dacoits. - The pater-nosters. - A pipe of mystery. - White-faced thick. - A brush with the Chinese.
  2. ↑ Contents: Do your duty. - Surly Joe. - A fish-wife's dream.
  3. ↑ Contents: The golden canon. - On an Indian trail. - In the hands of Sicilian brigands. - Down a crevasse. - The old pit-shaft.
personal data
SURNAME Henty, George Alfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Henty, GA
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English writer and war correspondent
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Trumpington , Cambridgeshire
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 1902
Place of death Weymouth , Dorset