- William Dinwiddie
William Dinwiddie (August 23, 1867 - 1934) was an American
journalist ,war photographer ,writer and colonial administrator in thePhilippines . He was born inCharlottesville, Virginia .Roth, Mitchel P. and James Stuart Olson. (1997). [http://books.google.com/books?id=OEphWsER8QYC&pg=PA268&lpg=PA268&dq=jiji++and+russo-japanese+war&source=web&ots=GYiFy4w6ta&sig=eLNue0wd6P24K7ymX9wDNJF3Nkg&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result#PPA89,M1 "Historical Dictionary of War Journalism," p. 89.] ]Early life
Dinwiddie took some courses at
Columbia University (1881-1883); and then he worked as a customs inspector in Corpus Christi, Texas (1883-1886). He worked for theBureau of American Ethnology (1886-1895); and then he decided to change careers, becoming a foreign correspondent and photographer. Leonard, John William "et al." (1899). [http://books.google.com/books?id=NSczAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA192&dq=War+sketches+in+truth&lr=&client=firefox-a "Who's who in America," p. 192.] ]War correspondent
Dinwiddie was a journalist and a war photographer for "Harper's Weekly" during the
Spanish-American War , assigned to report and photograph the American campaigns in Cuba and Puerto Rico.He was a
war correspondent for the "New York Herald " during theRusso-Japanese War (1904-1905).Roth, [http://books.google.com/books?id=OEphWsER8QYC&pg=PA268&lpg=PA268&dq=jiji++and+russo-japanese+war&source=web&ots=GYiFy4w6ta&sig=eLNue0wd6P24K7ymX9wDNJF3Nkg&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result#PPA267,M1 p. 267.] ] .Selected works
* "War Sketches in Truth"
* "Our New Possessions"
* "The War in the Philippines"
* "The War in South Africa"Notes
References
* Haverstock, Nathan A. (1996). [http://books.google.com/books?id=qqhZAAAAMAAJ&q=Fifty+Years+at+the+Front:+The+Life+of+War+Correspondent+Frederick+Palmer&dq=Fifty+Years+at+the+Front:+The+Life+of+War+Correspondent+Frederick+Palmer&lr=&client=firefox-a&pgis=1 "Fifty Years at the Front: The Life of War Correspondent Frederick Palmer."] Washington, D.C.: Brassey's. 10-ISBN 1-574-88040-3; 13-ISBN 978-1-574-88040-3; [http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/33041795 OCLC 33041795]
* Leonard, John William and Albert Nelson Marquis. (1899). [http://books.google.com/books?id=NSczAAAAMAAJ&dq=War+sketches+in+truth&lr=&client=firefox-a&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 "Who's who in America."] Chicago: A. N. Marquis. [http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/35908327 OCLC 35908327]
* Roth, Mitchel P. and James Stuart Olson. (1997). [http://books.google.com/books?id=OEphWsER8QYC&dq=jiji++and+russo-japanese+war&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 "Historical Dictionary of War Journalism."] Westport, Connecticut:Greenwood Publishing Group . 10-ISBN 0-313-29171-3; 13-ISBN 978-0-313-29171-5
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