William Howard Russell the first special correspondent of the Manchester Guardian John Black Atkins. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/24/the-special-correspondent/?_r=0' http://spartacus-educational.com/Jrussell.htm' William Howard Russell Sir William Howard Russell (28 March 1820, Tallaght, County Dublin, Ireland – 11 February 1907, London, England) was an Irish reporter with "The Times", and is considered to have been one of the first modern war correspondents. He spent 22 months covering the Crimean War, including the Siege of Sevastopol and the Charge of the Light Brigade. He later covered events during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the American Civil War, the Austro-Prussian War, and the Franco-Prussian War. As a young reporter, Russell reported
William Fletcher Russell once held. He became president of Teachers College in 1949, retired in 1954, then served as deputy director for Technical Services of the International Cooperation Administration. Russell died 1956 in Washington D.C. of a heart attack. William Fletcher Russell William Fletcher Russell (May 18, 1890 - March 26, 1956) was a U.S. educator, and dean (1927-1949) and president (1949-1954) of Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City. Russell was born in Delhi, New York. The son of James Earl Russell graduated from Cornell University in 1910, and made PhD at Columbia University in 1914. From 1917 to 1923, he was