- Byron Farwell
Byron E. Farwell (b. 20 June 1921,
Manchester, Iowa ; d. 2001 [?] ) was an American popularmilitary historian andbiographer known for books on 19th and early 20th century British military colonialism.He published articles in the "
New York Times ", "Washington Post ", "American Heritage ", "Harper's ", "Horizon ", "Smithsonian Magazine " as well as serving as a contributing editor to "Military History " and "World War II" and as a contributor to "Collier's Encyclopedia ".Biography
Farwell attended
Ohio State University and theUniversity of Chicago (M.A., 1968). He served in the military for seven years seeing action inWorld War II as a captain of engineers attached to theMediterranean Allied Air Force in the British Eighth Army area. He also saw action in theKorean War .As a civilian, he was director of public relations and later director of administration for Chrysler International (1959-71). He also served a term as mayor of Hillsboro, Virginia (1977-81).
He was a fellow of the
MacDowell Colony and a member of both theRoyal Geographical Society and theRoyal Society of Literature .Farwell began giving his papers to the
University of Iowa Libraries in 1981.Books
*" Prisoners of the Mahdi" (1967)
*"Queen Victoria's Little Wars" (1972)
*"Mr. Kipling's Army" (1981)
*"Eminent Victorian Soldiers: Seekers of Glory" (1985)Farwell also published biographies of
Stonewall Jackson ,Henry M. Stanley , and SirRichard Francis Burton .External links
[http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/MSC/ToMsc550/MsC502/MsC502.htm The Papers of Byron Farwell, at the University of Iowa Libraries]
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