Julian Ralph

Julian Ralph (May 27, 1853 – January 20, 1903) was an author and journalist, most noted for his work on The Sun, a newspaper of New York City.

Julian Ralph
Born	(1853-05-27)May 27, 1853 New York, New York
Died	January 20, 1903(1903-01-20) (aged 49) New York, New York
Occupation	Journalist
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Biography

Julian Ralph was born in New York City on May 27, 1853.^[1] At 15 years of age he was a printer's apprentice in New Jersey for the Red Bank Standard where he later became a reporter. He became editor of the Webster, Massachusetts, Times. He returned to his hometown of New York City in 1872 where he was a reporter for The World.^[2] He joined the staff of the New York Daily Graphic in 1875, but within a year he left it and was on the staff of the New York Sun until 1895, gaining a world-wide reputation as a correspondent. In 1896 he became London correspondent for the New York Journal, was with the Turkish armies during the Greco-Turkish War in 1897, and in 1899 went to South Africa as war correspondent for the London Daily Mail.^[3] He was elected to the Royal Geographical Society in 1898.^[2]

In 1876 he married Isabella Mount.^[2]

He died at his home in New York City on January 20, 1903.^[4]

Works

Edward Penfield poster for People We Pass (1896)

Besides numerous magazine articles, his publications include:^[3]

• The Sun's German Barber (1883)^[2]
• Dutchman or German (1889)
• On Canada's Frontier (1892)
• Chicago and the World's Fair (1893)
• Our Great West (1893)
• People We Pass (1895)
• Dixie (1896)
• Alone in China (1898)
• A Prince in Georgia (1899)
• Toward Pretoria (1900)
• An American with Lord Roberts (1901)
• War's Brighter Side (1901)
• The Millionairess (a novel, 1902)
• The Making of a Journalist (1903)^[2]