Julian Ralph

Julian Ralph (May 27, 1853 – January 20, 1903) was an author and journalist, most noted for his work on The Sun, a newspaper of New York City.

Julian Ralph
Born(1853-05-27)May 27, 1853
New York, New York
DiedJanuary 20, 1903(1903-01-20) (aged 49)
New York, New York
OccupationJournalist
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Biography

Julian Ralph was born in New York City on May 27, 1853.[1] At 15 years of age he was a printer's apprentice in New Jersey for the Red Bank Standard where he later became a reporter. He became editor of the Webster, Massachusetts, Times. He returned to his hometown of New York City in 1872 where he was a reporter for The World.[2] He joined the staff of the New York Daily Graphic in 1875, but within a year he left it and was on the staff of the New York Sun until 1895, gaining a world-wide reputation as a correspondent. In 1896 he became London correspondent for the New York Journal, was with the Turkish armies during the Greco-Turkish War in 1897, and in 1899 went to South Africa as war correspondent for the London Daily Mail.[3] He was elected to the Royal Geographical Society in 1898.[2]

In 1876 he married Isabella Mount.[2]

He died at his home in New York City on January 20, 1903.[4]

Works
Edward Penfield poster for People We Pass (1896)

Besides numerous magazine articles, his publications include:[3]

  • The Sun's German Barber (1883)[2]
  • Dutchman or German (1889)
  • On Canada's Frontier (1892)
  • Chicago and the World's Fair (1893)
  • Our Great West (1893)
  • People We Pass (1895)
  • Dixie (1896)
  • Alone in China (1898)
  • A Prince in Georgia (1899)
  • Toward Pretoria (1900)
  • An American with Lord Roberts (1901)
  • War's Brighter Side (1901)
  • The Millionairess (a novel, 1902)
  • The Making of a Journalist (1903)[2]

References
  1. Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard, eds. (1904). The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans. Vol. IX. Boston: The Biographical Society. Retrieved May 25, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  2. Willard Grosvenor Bleyer (1935). "Ralph, Julian". Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
  3. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Ralph, Julian" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
  4. "Death of Julian Ralph". The New York Times. January 21, 1903. p. 2. Retrieved May 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

Further reading
  • Lancaster, Paul, Gentleman of the Press: The Life and Times of an Early Reporter, Julian Ralph of the Sun, Syracuse University Press, 1992.
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