Frank Vizetelly (26 September 1830 – disappeared 5 November 1883) was a British journalist who reported in several parts of the world. He was presumed killed in Sudan during the Battle of Shaykan.

Biography

Frank was the son of James Henry Vizetelly (1790–1838), who founded a firm of ''Vizetelly & Company'' known for publishing

George Cruikshank George Cruikshank (27 September 1792 – 1 February 1878) was a British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. His book illustrations for his friend Charles Dickens, and many other authors, reache ...

's ''Comic Almanack'', and younger brother of James and

Henry Vizetelly Henry Richard Vizetelly (30 July 18201 January 1894) was a British publisher and writer. He started the publications ''Pictorial Times'' and ''Illustrated Times'', wrote several books while working in Paris and Berlin as correspondent for the ''I ...

, both active in journalism and publishing. He was born in London and educated in Boulogne, and went to Paris in 1857. There, he was an early editor of the French weekly newspaper ''

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''. From 1859, he was employed as a war correspondent and artist by the ''

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'', founded by his older brother, Henry. He traveled to Italy, Spain, and America, where he reported from both sides of the

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, and

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.Manning, Martin J., and Clarence R. Wyatt
''Encyclopedia of Media and Propaganda in Wartime America''
Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 2011, Volume 1, pp. 370–372 He disappeared, presumed killed, during the

massacre A massacre is the killing of a large number of people or animals, especially those who are not involved in any fighting or have no way of defending themselves. A massacre is generally considered to be morally unacceptable, especially when per ...

of Hicks Pasha's army in Sudan.

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External links

Works by Frank Vizetelly in New York Public LibraryDrawing the War: Frank Vizetelly
''Emerging Civil War'' 1830 births 1883 deaths English war correspondents British people of the Mahdist War {{UK-journalist-stub

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