A. Hilliard (Andrew Hilliard) Atteridge

Born in the mid-19th century, Andrew Hilliard Atteridge was an Anglo-Irish Catholic journalist, war correspondent, and author. He also contributed reference writing to major works including the Encyclopædia Britannica and the Catholic Encyclopedia, alongside a long stream of books and articles.

Atteridge wrote widely on war and biography, with books such as Marshal Ney, Joachim Murat, Napoleon's Brothers, and Famous Sea Fights. The range of titles linked to him shows a writer deeply interested in military leadership, campaigns, and the people behind great conflicts.

He died on June 9, 1941, at Isleworth, aged 89. An obituary remembered him as one of an older generation of war correspondents whose experience reached back to Africa before the turn of the century, which helps explain the firsthand authority that readers often feel in his historical writing.