Richard Patrick Hearne
Richard Patrick Hearne (* 1876 in Callan , County Kilkenny , Ireland ; † after 1916) was an Irish-British journalist and author . He wrote about automobiles, airplanes, and airships .
He was the son of James and Maria Catherine Hearne and was born in Callan in 1876. He married Grace Leonore in London in 1907 . They had a son, John Patrick Hearne, who was born in 1911.
Hearne criticized the British government for not investing money in researching airships. In his book, Aerial warfare ( Air War ) he stated in 1909 that the airships could play a crucial role in a coming war. He prophesied that Germany would send its zeppelins to England and bomb the ports, ships and cities. This would terrify the English people. For this execution he was often described as anti-German.
In early 1909, HS Massy and Stephen Marples finally founded the "Aereal League of the British Empire" to promote aviation research, as Hearne had advocated. During the First World War , the predicted bombings by German zeppelins actually took place; however, the effects were not as dramatic. In addition, the advancement of aircraft advanced so quickly that they could chase and shoot down the zeppelins.
As a journalist, he has published articles in the magazines Flight International , The Airplane and Daily Mail, among others .
Works
- The Romance of the Airplane (children's book)
- Motoring , 1908
- Aerial warfare , 1909 (German translation by Oberleutnant zur See Hermann Kraushaar : Luftkrieg , 1909)
- Airships in Peace and War: Being the Second Edition of Aerial Warfare , 1910
- The Future of Airplane Racing , 1910
- Zeppelins and super-Zeppelins , 1916
Web links
- RP Hearne: Epochs in Automobilism in John Walter Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu : A History Of The First Ten Years Of Automobilism , 1906
Individual evidence
- ^ Census National Archives
- ^ Richard Patrick Hearne at familysearch.org
- ↑ Brett Holman: The Next War in the Air: Britain's Fear of the Bomber, 1908-1941 , 2014, pp. 32-34
- ↑ Vijay Prashad: The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World , 2007, p 41-42
- ↑ Michael Paris: Winged Warfare: The Literature and Theory of Aerial Warfare in Britain, 1859-1917 , 1992, pp. 89-90
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hearne, Richard Patrick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish-British journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Callan , County Kilkenny , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1916 |