James Macdonell (journalist)
{{Short description|Scottish journalist (1841–1879)}}
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James Macdonell (1841 – 2 March 1879) was a Scottish journalist.
Life
Macdonell was born at Dyce near Aberdeen. In 1858, after his father's death, he became clerk in a merchant's office. He began writing in the Aberdeen Free Press; in 1862 he was appointed to the staff of the Daily Review in Edinburgh, and at 22 he became editor of the Northern Daily Express.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}
In 1865 Macdonell went to London with a staff position on the Daily Telegraph, which he held until 1875, as special correspondent in France in 1870 and 1871. In 1873 he became a leader-writer on The Times. He died in London on 2 March 1879. His posthumous France since the First Empire, though incomplete, gave insights into the French politics of his time.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}
References
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- {{EB1911|wstitle=Macdonell, James|volume=17|page=213}}
External links
- {{Internet Archive author |sname=James Macdonell |birth=1841 |death=1879 |sopt=t}}
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Category:Writers from Aberdeen
Category:19th-century Scottish journalists
Category:Scottish male journalists