Eyre Evans Crowe

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Eyre Evans Crowe (1799 – February 25, 1868) was an English journalist and historian.

Life

He commenced his work as a writer for the London newspaper press in connection with the Morning Chronicle, and he afterwards became a leading contributor to the Examiner and the Daily News. Of the latter journal he was principal editor for some time previous to his death.^[1]

The department he specially cultivated was that of continental history and foreign politics. He published Lives of Foreign Statesmen (1830), The Greek and the Turk (1853), and Reigns of Louis XVIII. and Charles X. (1854). These were followed by his most important work, the History of France (5 vols., 1858–1868). It was founded upon original sources, in order to consult which the author resided for a considerable time in Paris.^[1]

Family

Among his children were Eyre Crowe A.R.A. (1824–1910), Sir Joseph Archer Crowe (1825–1896), and George Crowe (1840–1889), husband of the actress Kate Bateman.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chisholm 1911.

Attribution

Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Crowe, Eyre Evans". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press

External links

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press

Media offices
Preceded by John Foster	Editor of the Daily News 1847–1851	Succeeded by Frederick Knight Hunt

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 5690769 LCCN: nr94028999 ISNI: 0000 0000 6299 8401 GND: 116741651

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Name	Crowe, Eyre Evans
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Date of birth	1799
Place of birth
Date of death	February 25, 1868
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