William Howard Russell 1850. Initially sent by editor John Delane to Malta to cover British support for the Ottoman Empire against Russia in 1854, Russell despised the term "war correspondent" but his coverage of the conflict brought him international renown, and Florence Nightingale later credited her entry into wartime nursing to his reports. The Crimean medical care, shelter and protection of all ranks by Mary Seacole was also publicised by Russell and by other contemporary journalists, rescuing her from bankruptcy. Russell was described by one of the soldiers on the frontlines thus: "a vulgar low Irishman, [who] sings a good song, drinks anyone's
William Howard Shuster William Howard Shuster William Howard Shuster Jr. (1893–1969) was an American artist. He was born November 26, 1893 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as the second of three children. He served in the army during World War I in France where he developed tuberculosis from being gassed. He moved to New Mexico in 1920 to improve his health, and became friends with the small but growing arts community. In 1921 he became a members of Los Cinco Pintores ("the five painters"), and showed throughout Santa Fe and the rest of the country as a group. In 1924 Shuster built and burned the