Sir William Howard Russell, LLD Memorial. Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal. 1909. Bronze and marble. St. Paul's Cathedral, the City of London. [Click on these images to enlarge them.] With thanks to the Dean and Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral.

The inscription reads:

Sir William Howard Russell, LLD
The first and greatest of War Correspondents
Crimea 1854 India 1857
United States of America 1861
France 18790 South Africa 1879
Born March 28, 1820. Died February 10, 1907

Photographs and formatting by George P. Landow. Text by Landow and Jacqueline Banerjee. With thanks to the Dean and Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral. You may use these images without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the photographer and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.]

Bibliography

Stearn, Roger T. "Russell, Sir William Howard (1820–1907)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Online ed. Wed. 30 July 2014.


Last modified 30 July 2014