Henry Sutherland Edwards
Henry Sutherland Edwards was a British journalist.
Biography
He was born in Hendon on 5 September 1827, and educated in London and France. He was correspondent of The Times at the coronation of Alexander II of Russia, in the camp of the insurgents at Warsaw, and at German army headquarters during the Franco-Prussian War.In 1865 he took over the role of chief music critic on The Morning Post from Howard Glover and he was a regular contributor to The Pall Mall Gazette. He was the first editor of the weekly illustrated newspaper The Graphic.
He died at his home in London on 21 January 1906, and was buried at St. John's Cemetery in Woking.
Selected publications
- The Polish Captivity: An Account of the Present Position of the Poles in the Kingdom of Poland, and in the Polish Provinces of Austria, Prussia, and Russia
- The Germans in France
- The Case of Reuben Malachi
- The Prima Donna: Her History and Surroundings from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Century
- Rossini and His School
- Personal Recollections