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William Dinwiddie

1867 – 1934

American journalist and photographer

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Lived 1867 – 1934 (aged 66). William Dinwiddie was an American war correspondent, war photographer, journalist and writer.

William Dinwiddie (August 23, 1867 – June 17, 1934) was an American journalist, war photographer, writer and colonial administrator in the Philippines. He was born in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Early life Dinwiddie took some courses at Columbia University (1881–1883); and then he worked as a customs inspector in Corpus Christi, Texas (1883–1886). He worked for the Bureau of American Ethnology (1886–1895); and then he decided to change careers, becoming a foreign correspondent and photographer.

War correspondent Western military attachés and war correspondents with the Japanese forces after the Battle of Shaho (1904): 1. Robert Collins; 2. David Fraser; 3. Capt. Francois Dhani; 4. Capt. James Jardine; 5. Frederick McKenzie; 6. Edward Knight; 7. Charles Victor-Thomas; 8. Oscar Davis; 9. William Maxwell; 10. Robert MacHugh; 11. William Dinwiddie; 12. Frederick Palmer; 13. Capt. Berkeley Vincent; 14. John Bass; 15. Martin Donohoe; 16. Capt. ____; 17. Capt. Carl von Hoffman; 18. ____; 19. ____; 20. ____; 21. Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton; 22. ____; 23. ____; 24. ____; 25. ____. Dinwiddie was a journalist and a war photographer for Harper's Weekly during the Spanish–American War,

Personal life William Dinwiddie was twice married. In 1891 he married Mary E Towers, daughter of Chatham Moore Towers and Sallie Lewis Nuckolls. They were the parents of two children: Dorothy and Redfield Towers Dinwiddie. In 1901 he married Caroline Miller Brooke, daughter of William S Brooke and Mary Shoemaker Hallowell.

Selected works War Sketches in Truth Our New Possessions The War in the Philippines The War in South Africa Puerto Rico: Its Conditions & Possibilities

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War correspondent, war photographer, journalist, writer
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Columbia University
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Bureau of American Ethnology

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American journalist and photographer (1867-1934)

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William Dinwiddie was born on 23 August 1867 in Charlottesville.

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William Dinwiddie died on 17 June 1934.

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William Dinwiddie was a war correspondent, war photographer, journalist and writer.

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William Dinwiddie was American.

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· Wikipedia: William Dinwiddie

· Wikidata: Q8007849

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