Julian Ralph | |
Birth Date: | 27 May 1853 |
Birth Place: | New York, New York |
Death Place: | New York, New York |
Occupation: | Journalist |
Signature: | Signature of Julian Ralph (1853–1903).png |
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 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.
In 1876 he married Isabella Mount.
He died at his home in New York City on January 20, 1903.[4]
Besides numerous magazine articles, his publications include: