Who was the English editor and avid compiler of military information who published All the World's Fighting Ships in 1898?
"It is widely considered to be a reputable source of public domain information regarding defence systems and military and industry news. Jane's International Defence Review Jane's International Defence Review (""IDR"") is a monthly magazine reporting on military news and technology. The ""IDR"" is one of a number of military-related publications named after Fred T. Jane, an Englishman who first published ""Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships"" in 1898. It is a unit of Jane's Information Group, which is now owned by IHS Inc.. The magazine provides in-depth coverage and analysis of air, land and sea platforms and systems, and regularly"
"recording that he lived there. In later life Jane lived at Bedhampton, and was instrumental in setting up one of the very first Scout troops. He is buried in Highland Road Cemetery, Southsea. Fred T. Jane John Fredrick Thomas Jane (6 August 1865 – 8 March 1916) was the founding editor of reference books on warships (""All the World's Fighting Ships"") and aircraft (""All the World's Airships"") and the namesake of what would become Jane's Information Group and many of its publications. Jane was born in Richmond, Surrey, England, but worked most of his life in Portsmouth. His father was"
"Fred T. Jane John Fredrick Thomas Jane (6 August 1865 – 8 March 1916) was the founding editor of reference books on warships (""All the World's Fighting Ships"") and aircraft (""All the World's Airships"") and the namesake of what would become Jane's Information Group and many of its publications. Jane was born in Richmond, Surrey, England, but worked most of his life in Portsmouth. His father was a vicar and he attended Exeter School. He first began to sketch warships in his teens, and was notable in the 1890s for illustrating scientific romances by George Griffith and other authors, as"
"well as for his own science fiction novels such as ""To Venus in Five Seconds"" (published in 1897) and ""The Violet Flame"" (1899). An avid miniatures wargamer, Jane first published ""All the World's Fighting Ships"" (commonly known as ""Jane's Fighting Ships"") in 1898, which catalogued all the warships operated by each country, their armaments, and other details, as a supplement to a wargame he designed. The book, now an annual series, is the standard reference work in the area. In 1909, he created ""All the World's Aircraft"". Jane later founded what is now Jane's Information Group. Jane was also involved"
"Oscar Parkes Oscar Parkes OBE (8 October 1885 – 24 June 1958) was a Royal Navy surgeon, naval historian, marine artist, and editor of ""Jane's Fighting Ships"" from 1918 to 1935. He was an associate of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects. The Imperial War Museum and the National Maritime Museum have permanent collections of his artwork. His book ""British Battleships: ""Warrior"", 1860 to ""Vanguard"", 1950. A History of Design, Construction and Armament"" is regarded as a definitive source. Parkes was born in Handsworth, Birmingham, England on 18 October 1885, the son of a physician, W. E. Parkes. Educated at"
"the author of numerous books about naval and military history: Herbert Wrigley Wilson Herbert Wrigley Wilson (1866 - 12 July 1940), known often only as H. W. Wilson, was a British journalist and naval historian. He was the eldest son of the Reverend George Edwin Wilson (Vicar of St. John's, Huddersfield, in West Yorkshire, and later of Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire) and, like three of his five brothers, became a journalist. According to the memoirs of his brother G. H. Wilson, editor of the ""Cape Times"", H. W. Wilson was ""chief leader writer"" and assistant editor of the ""Daily Mail"""
"noted Russian spy Kim Philby. George Armand Furse Colonel George Armand Furse (23 August 1834 – 3 April 1906) was a British Colonel and author. He was a Colonel in the 42nd Royal Highlanders Black Watch and author of ""The Art of Marching"" (1901), ""Information in War: its Acquisition and Transmission"" (1895), ""Mobilization and Embarkation of an Army Corps"" (1883), ""Military Expeditions beyond the Seas"" (1897), ""Provisioning Armies in the Field"" (1899), and ""Marengo and Hohenlinden"" (1903). His 1883 book ""The Line of Communication"" was republished in 2008 by Kessinger Publishing Furse is buried at Aldershot Military Cemetery. His great"
"Arthur Griffiths (author) Arthur George Frederick Griffiths (9 December 1838 – 24 March 1908) was a British military officer, prison administrator and author who published more than 60 books during his lifetime. He was also a military historian who wrote extensively about the wars of the 19th century, and was for a time military correspondent for ""The Times"" newspaper. Griffiths was born on 9 Dec. 1838, at Poona, India, the second son of Lieut.-colonel John Griffiths of the 6th Royal Warwickshire regiment. After graduating from King William's College on the Isle of Man, Arthur Griffiths joined the British Army as"
"Combat Fleets of the World Flottes de combat is an almanac and a reference book of information of the world's warships arranged by nation, including information on ships' names, dimensions, armaments, silhouettes, photographs, etc. It is published in French and English. Its editions cover the warships used by national naval and paramilitary forces, and provide data on their characteristics. The original French edition was started by Commandant de Balincourt in 1897. The current publisher is Éditions maritimes & d’outre-mer of Rennes, a subsidiary of ""Ouest-France"". The English version, known as ""Combat Fleets of the World"", has been published by Naval"
"German submarine. Kinross died of pneumonia on 19 March 1929 at Tunbridge Wells. Albert Kinross Albert Kinross (4 July 1870 – 19 March 1929) was an English journalist, magazine editor and writer of novels, stories and articles. Kinross was born in London in 1870. He worked and published in many of the most popular periodicals of his day including the ""Boston Evening Transcript"" (as the London correspondent 1896–98), ""London Outlook"" (as associate editor 1898–1900), ""London Morning Post"" (as dramatic critic for two years); as well as articles in the ""Century"", ""Harper's Magazine"", ""The Pall Mall Magazine"", ""Overland Monthly"", ""New Outlook"","
"J. F. C. Fuller Major-General John Frederick Charles ""Boney"" Fuller, CB, CBE, DSO (1 September 1878 – 10 February 1966) was a senior British Army officer, military historian, and strategist, notable as an early theorist of modern armoured warfare, including categorizing principles of warfare. With 45 books and many articles, he was a highly prolific author whose ideas reached army officers and the interested public. He explored the business of fighting, in terms of the relationship between warfare and social, political, and economic factors in the civilian sector. Fuller emphasized the potential of new weapons, especially tanks and aircraft, to"
"H. Taprell Dorling Captain Henry Taprell Dorling (1883-1968) was a British sailor, author, and journalist who served in the Royal Navy during both world wars, giving his marine fact and fiction a notable authenticity. His Pincher Martin, O.D. (1916) is widely referenced as the source for Pincher Martin (1956) by Nobel prizewinner William Golding. He wrote under the name Taffrail. Dorling was born in Berwick, the second son of Colonel Francis Dorling, and named Taprell Henry, but later changed the order of his names. He entered the HMS ""Britannia"" in August 1897, his 1113 marks placing him fifty-eighth in merit"
"displayed part of the museum's extensive collection of Wallace's photographs. Some of these photographs had originally appeared in the ""National Geographic"". The Wallace exhibit has since travelled in Nova Scotia to Lunenburg, Annapolis Royal, Digby and Shelburne. A bilingual version opened at the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa, Ontario on September 17, 2008. Frederick William Wallace Frederick William Wallace (11 December 1886 – 15 July 1958) was a journalist, photographer, historian and novelist. He was the author of ""Wooden Ships and Iron Men"", a now-classic 1924 book about the last days of the Age of Sail in Maritime"
"Frederick William Wallace Frederick William Wallace (11 December 1886 – 15 July 1958) was a journalist, photographer, historian and novelist. He was the author of ""Wooden Ships and Iron Men"", a now-classic 1924 book about the last days of the Age of Sail in Maritime Canada. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, he initially worked as a clerk but turned to the sea as a journalist of the fishing industry which later led to historical work. Wallace served in World War I as commander of a Q-Ship. He died in Montreal. About forty years later than he preferred to, he said, he"
"Angel of the Revolution"". The Great War of 1892 The Great War of 1892 was a story of the genre termed ""Invasion Literature"" written by Admiral Philip Howard Colomb in which he taught to alert Britain to what he saw as the weakness of the Royal Navy. It was published in the ""Black and White"" magazine, a weekly publication which focussed on the exploits of Britain's Army and Navy. It was a collaboration between Colomb and several experienced journalists and had been prompted by the success of ""The Battle of Dorking"". Its success led directly to the commissioning of George"
"Filson Young Alexander Bell Filson Young (1876–1938) was a journalist, who published the first book about the sinking of the ""RMS Titanic"", called ""Titanic"", published in 1912 only 37 days after the sinking. He was also an essayist, war correspondent in the Boer War and World War I, a programmes advisor to the BBC, and the author of two novels. Beside his literary work, he was an organist and composer, and a pioneer of motoring and aviation. Alexander Bell Filson Young was born in Ireland in 1876, at Ballyeaston, County Antrim. He was the son of the Revd. William Young"
"James Wilson King Captain James Wilson King (1818–1905) was Chief Engineer of the US Navy. During his career he held every position in the US Navy to which an engineer officer could be called. He is chiefly remembered today for his 1880 book ""The Warships and Navies of the World""; ""this was an important book to establish reliable contemporary information"" and was republished by the US Naval Institute in 1982. King was born in 1818 in Maryland. He was appointed to the navy from Maryland, as a third assistant engineer on 2 September 1844. During the Mexican–American War King was"
"14 years as an obituarist for ""The Daily Telegraph"". John Winton John Pratt, pen name John Winton (3 May 1931 in London – 27 April 2001) was an English author and obituarist, following a career in the Royal Navy in which he rose to Lieutenant-Commander. He was born in London and served in the Korean War and during the Suez Crisis. Whilst still in the Navy, he wrote the comic novel ""We Joined the Navy"", featuring the character of ""The Artful Bodger"". Several other novels, and a number of non-fiction works on naval subjects, followed, including a biography of Admiral"
"Parkes married Natalie Randall in Marylebone, London, in 1921. Aside from playing rugby, football and cricket at university, he was an accomplished pianist, yachtsman, gardener, ship modeler, and avid photograph collector. He was a member of the Savage Club. Oscar Parkes Oscar Parkes OBE (8 October 1885 – 24 June 1958) was a Royal Navy surgeon, naval historian, marine artist, and editor of ""Jane's Fighting Ships"" from 1918 to 1935. He was an associate of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects. The Imperial War Museum and the National Maritime Museum have permanent collections of his artwork. His book ""British Battleships:"
"Richard Harding Davis Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 – April 11, 1916) was an American journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish–American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the political career of Theodore Roosevelt. He also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. His influence extended to the world of fashion, and he is credited with making the clean-shaven look popular among men at the turn of the 20th century. Davis was born on April"
"The Great War of 1892 The Great War of 1892 was a story of the genre termed ""Invasion Literature"" written by Admiral Philip Howard Colomb in which he taught to alert Britain to what he saw as the weakness of the Royal Navy. It was published in the ""Black and White"" magazine, a weekly publication which focussed on the exploits of Britain's Army and Navy. It was a collaboration between Colomb and several experienced journalists and had been prompted by the success of ""The Battle of Dorking"". Its success led directly to the commissioning of George Griffith's futuristic fantasy ""The"
"widely sought after each month. HRH The Duke of Edinburgh was a subscriber to the magazine. His life's work led to his magnum opus ""British and Empire Warships of the Second World War"" (1998), published by Greenhill Books, which followed on from a series of books on the American, German and Royal Navies of World War II. Henry Trevor Lenton Henry Trevor Lenton (8 February 1924 – 7 May 2009) was an English naval historian, specialising in the area of 20th-century naval history and warship design. He served in the Merchant Navy and the Royal Navy during World War II"
"placed on the retired list on 26 August 1881. King died at his home at 3221 Powelton Avenue, Philadelphia on 6 June 1905. James Wilson King Captain James Wilson King (1818–1905) was Chief Engineer of the US Navy. During his career he held every position in the US Navy to which an engineer officer could be called. He is chiefly remembered today for his 1880 book ""The Warships and Navies of the World""; ""this was an important book to establish reliable contemporary information"" and was republished by the US Naval Institute in 1982. King was born in 1818 in Maryland."
"Alexander McKee (author) Alexander Paul Charrier McKee OBE (25 July 1918 – 22 July 1992) was a British journalist, military historian, and diver who published nearly thirty books. McKee was educated mostly by a series of governesses, from whom he acquired an acute eye for the quality of evidence. However, his lack of paper qualifications was to prove a serious hindrance to his later career. The most unusual thing he did in his youth was to fly solo at the age of fifteen. In the Second World War, McKee served in the British Army and wrote war poetry. After the"
"daughter of British diplomat Sir Arthur Grimble. In 1958 in London, he founded a technical press agency. After retirement, in 1994 he published another book on sailing, ""The Slope of the Wind""; in 1996 Seligman published a second account of the war, ""War in the Islands"". Adrian C. C. Seligman Adrian Charles Cuthbert Seligman (1909-2003) was a British sailor, author, and soldier in the Second World War. Seligman would create the Levant Schooner Flotilla naval commando unit in the Aegian Sea. Seligman was born in Leatherhead, Surrey to metallurgist Richard Seligman and author and sculptor Hilda Seligman (née McDowell). As"
"George Armand Furse Colonel George Armand Furse (23 August 1834 – 3 April 1906) was a British Colonel and author. He was a Colonel in the 42nd Royal Highlanders Black Watch and author of ""The Art of Marching"" (1901), ""Information in War: its Acquisition and Transmission"" (1895), ""Mobilization and Embarkation of an Army Corps"" (1883), ""Military Expeditions beyond the Seas"" (1897), ""Provisioning Armies in the Field"" (1899), and ""Marengo and Hohenlinden"" (1903). His 1883 book ""The Line of Communication"" was republished in 2008 by Kessinger Publishing Furse is buried at Aldershot Military Cemetery. His great niece Aileen Armanda Furse married"
"Caspar Whitney Caspar William Whitney (September 2, 1864 – January 18, 1929) was an American author, editor, explorer, outdoorsman and war correspondent. He originated the concept of the All-American team in college football in 1889 when he worked for ""Harper's Magazine"". He was educated at Saint Mathew's College in California. During the Spanish–American War, Whitney submitted articles from the front in Cuba. At the Battle of Las Guasimas, he accompanied General Young's 1st and 10th (Regular) Cavalry. His published map of the battle is considered the most accurate of that action published at that time. His depiction of the fighting"
"to the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). In the AEF he joined the talented team that brought the ""Stars and Stripes"" newspaper into being. Baldridge was the chief artist on staff that included Harold Ross, founder of ""The New Yorker"", Alexander Woollcott, drama critic for the ""New York Times"", and others who later achieved considerable fame. As a journalist, Baldridge traveled freely and saw as much as any general. His work appeared in virtually every issue of ""Stars and Stripes"" from March 1918 until the end of the War in November, 1918, and portrayed the full range of emotion of soldiers"
"at various places in England, Ireland, France, Italy, and Switzerland before settling in Malta. Their daughter Rosemary also became a writer from 1969 to 1981. Pollock died at 82, on 8 November 1971 in Malta, and is buried at the military cemetery at Imtarfa. His family returned to England, where his wife died on 3 December 2013, at 105. Hugh Alexander Pollock Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Alexander Pollock (29 July 1888 – 6 November 1971) was a British publishing editor, who served as a soldier in the Royal Scots Fusiliers in the First World War and in the Auxiliary Military Pioneer"
"Warwick Charlton Warwick Charlton (9 March 1918, Chelsea, London - 10 December 2002) was an English journalist and public relations worker. A journalist's son, Warwick Charlton was educated at Epsom College. He took several reporting jobs on Fleet Street before the Second World War, during which (due to his journalistic experience) he served alongside American forces in North Africa as Field Marshal Montgomery's press officer (creating a more informal and popular public image for him), wrote Eighth Army News, campaigned for better pay for frontline troops and founded other service newspapers (all with relative freedom from censorship thanks to Montgomery's"
"Reviews Editor for the ""Journal of Strategic Studies"" since it was launched in 1978, General Editor of ""Brassey’s Seapower: Naval Vessels, Weapons Systems and Technology"" series since 1987, contributing its first volume on modern sea power, and general series editor of the Frank Cass series on naval policy and history. In 2018, The U.S. Naval War College selected Geoffrey Till as the 2018 Hattendorf Prize Laureate. Geoffrey Till Geoffrey Till, FKC (born in London, England, on 14 January 1945) is a British naval historian and emeritus Professor of Maritime Studies in the Defence Studies Department of King's College London. He"
"Walter Karig Walter Karig (13 November 1898 - 30 September 1956) was a prolific author, who served as a US naval captain. Karig wrote a number of works on Allied naval operations during World War II. He also wrote scripts for the television series ""Victory at Sea"". Besides his works on naval history, Karig was a novelist, publishing under his own name, and a journalist. Walter Karig was born in New York, New York on 13 November 1898. He was the son of Martin and Elsie (Ellis) Karig. He received his early education in schools of New York City, and"
"Ralph Izzard Ralph William Burdick Izzard, OBE (27 August 1910 – 2 December 1992) was an English journalist, author, adventurer and, during World War II, a British Naval Intelligence officer. As a journalist, Izzard spent virtually his entire career with one newspaper, the ""Daily Mail"". After rising to the position of Berlin bureau chief, he remained a star of the paper for 31 years. The stories he covered took him from Egypt to Algeria, Lebanon to Kenya, Korea and beyond. In addition to his duties with the ""Daily Mail"", he wrote four books chronicling his experiences in India, Nepal and"