James Macdonell (1841 – 2 March 1879) was a Scottish journalist.

Life

Macdonell was born at

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. In 1858, after his father's death, he became clerk in a merchant's office. He began writing in the ''Aberdeen Free Press''; in 1862 he was appointed to the staff of the ''Daily Review'' in

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, and at 22 he became editor of the ''Northern Daily Express''. In 1865 Macdonell went to London with a staff position on the ''

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'', which he held until 1875, as special correspondent in France in 1870 and 1871. In 1873 he became a leader-writer on ''

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.'' He died in London on 2 March 1879. His posthumous ''France since the First Empire'', though incomplete, gave insights into the French politics of his time.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Macdonell, James 1841 births 1879 deaths Writers from Aberdeen Scottish journalists 19th-century British journalists British male journalists 19th-century British male writers 19th-century British writers