William Fraser Rae
William Fraser Rae (1835–1905) was a Scottish journalist and author.
Life
Born in
Rae edited for a time about 1860 The Reader, and early joined the staff of the Daily News, sympathetic to its liberal politics, as a special correspondent in Canada and the United States. Throat trouble led him to spend time at Austrian health resorts.[1]
In his last years Rae felt his lack of recognition. He reviewed for
Works
On his articles for the Daily News, Rae based the volume Westward by Rail (1870; 3rd edit. 1874), sequel Columbia and Canada: Notes on the Great Republic and the New Dominion (1877). There subsequently appeared Newfoundland to Manitoba (1881; with maps) and Facts about Manitoba (1882); reprinted articles from The Times, the source also for Austrian Health Resorts, and the Bitter Waters of Hungary (1888; 2nd edit. 1889). In The Business of Travel (1891) he described the methods of Thomas Cook & Son, the travel agents, and a visit produced Egypt to-day; the First to the Third Khedive (1892).[1]
Rae saw success as the translator of
With the aid of
Rae wrote the preface to Charles W. Vincent's Catalogue of the Library of the Reform Club (1883; 2nd and revised edit. 1894), and contributed to the
Family
Rae married, on 29 August 1860, Sara Eliza, second daughter of James Fordati of the Isle of Man and London. She died at
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Rae, William Fraser". Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.