Albert D. (Albert Dresden) Vandam

Born in London in March 1843, Albert Dresden Vandam was an English journalist and writer who spent much of his early life in Paris. He was educated there privately and later built a career that drew on his close knowledge of French society, history, and public life.

Vandam worked in journalism in both Paris and London, including periods as a correspondent, and became known for writing about France for English readers. His books include An Englishman in Paris, My Paris Note-Book, and Men and Manners of the Third Republic, as well as a translation of Bartholomäus Sastrow's autobiography published in English as Social Germany in Luther's Time.

He died in London on October 25, 1903. Today, he is remembered mainly as a sharp observer of 19th-century Paris whose work blends reportage, memoir, and historical anecdote.