Andrew Bell (
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1827–63) was a Scottish-born Canadian journalist. He was well educated. His work and life is well known in the period indicated.
Bell was a successful lecturer and journalist in Scotland when he became involved with a collection of letters belonging to General
James Wolfe
James Wolfe (2 January 1727 – 13 September 1759) was a British Army officer known for his training reforms and, as a Major-general (United Kingdom), major general, remembered chiefly for his victory in 1759 over the Kingdom of France, French ...
. This, no doubt, attracted him to Canada and he arrived there in about 1857. In 1858 he was the editor of the ''Montreal Pilot.'' He considered Canada his adopted home in that period.
He is important to history for his writings which included two major works pertaining to Canada: ''General James Wolfe, his life and death'' and a creative translation of
Garneau's ''Histoire du Canada''.
External links
Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
19th-century Scottish writers
Canadian male journalists
Scottish emigrants to Canada
Year of death missing
Year of birth missing
19th-century male writers
19th-century Canadian journalists
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