John Goldworth Alger

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John Goldworth Alger (1836–1907) was an English journalist and author.

Life

Born at

Mary Jemima Alger.[1] Educated at Diss, Alger became a journalist at the age of 16. At first he wrote for the Norfolk News, and afterwards transferred his services to the Oxford Journal.[2]

In 1866 Alger joined the parliamentary reporting staff of

Henri Opper de Blowitz, the Times correspondent there. He stayed for 28 years.[2]

In 1902 Alger retired from The Times on a pension, and settled in London. He died unmarried at 7 Holland Park Court, Addison Road, West Kensington, on 23 May 1907.[2]

Works

Alger researched the topographical history of Paris, and English participation in the French Revolution. His major publications were:[2]

  • Englishmen in the French Revolution, 1889.
  • Glimpses of the French Revolution, 1894.
  • Paris in 1789-94; Farewell Letters of Victims of the Guillotine, 1902.
  • Napoleon's British Visitors and Captives, 1904.

Alger also published The Paris Sketch Book (a description of contemporary Parisian life) (1887), contributed historical articles to magazines, and was a contributor to the Dictionary of National Biography.[2]

Notes

  1. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/52730. Retrieved 20 May 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  2. ^ a b c d e Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Alger, John Goldworth" . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Attribution

Wikisource This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Alger, John Goldworth". Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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