Edward Howard House

Edward Howard House (October 5, 1836 – December 18, 1901) was an American journalist who wrote for the New York Tribune and later founded the Japan-based English-language newspaper Tokio Times.

Career He was born in Boston to engraver Timothy House and his wife, a pianist. House composed an orchestral piece at the age of fourteen, and four years later began writing for the Boston Courier as the publication's music and drama critic. House also worked as a banknote engraver. In 1858, he left the Courier for Horace Greeley's New York Tribune. In 1859, he reported for the Tribune, under an assumed name, with phony credentials, and at considerable personal risk, on John Brown's trial, Virginia v. John Brown, in Charles Town, Virginia.

In 1870, the Tribune sent House to cover Japan. While there, he also contributed to The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Harper's Magazine. Besides his writing, House taught at what became the University of Tokyo. Three years after the expedition, House established the Tokio Times. His own publication only lasted three years, as he returned to the United States in 1880.