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 Thomas Russell he served on the executive committee of the National Catholic War Council, and was head of the press department of the National Catholic Welfare Council. Russell served as head of the Diocese of Charleston for ten years, until his death at the age of sixty-three. His relative John Joyce Russell later served as Bishop of Charleston before becoming Bishop of Richmond. William Thomas Russell William Thomas Russell (October 20, 1863 – March 18, 1927) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Charleston from 1917 until his death in 1927. William Russell was born