About Frederick Martin
Lived 1830 – 1883 (aged 52–53). Frederick Martin was a journalist, editor, geographer and secretary.
Frederick Martin (1830–1883) was a British writer of Swiss-German background, known as the editor of The Statesman's Year Book.
Life
Born at Geneva, Switzerland, on 19 November 1830, Martin was educated at Heidelberg. He settled in England at an early age. For some years after 1856 he was secretary and amanuensis to Thomas Carlyle, whom he helped in historical researches.
In 1879 Lord Beaconsfield, who found The Statesman's Year-Book useful, awarded Martin a pension of £100 a year. He died on 27 January 1883 at his house in Lady Margaret Road, in north-west London, leaving a widow and family.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Frederick Martin. https://biography.guide/frederick-martin-journalist/
MLA: "Frederick Martin." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/frederick-martin-journalist/.
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