William howard russell biography actress

Irish journalist and war correspondent

Sir William Howard Russell, CVO (28 March &#;&#; 10 February ) was an Irish reporter with The Times, and is considered to have been one of the first modern war correspondents. He spent 22 months covering the Crimean War, including the Siege of Sevastopol and the Charge of the Light Brigade. He later covered events during the Indian Rebellion of , the American Civil War, the Austro-Prussian War, and the Franco-Prussian War. His dispatches from Crimea to TheTimes are regarded as the world's first war correspondence.^[1]

Career

As a young reporter, Russell reported on a brief military co