Archibald Hurd

Born in 1869, Archibald Spicer Hurd became one of Britain's best-known writers on naval affairs. Records from Cambridge University note that he worked on the editorial staff of the Daily Telegraph from 1899 to 1928, while other reference sources describe him earlier as editor of the Naval and Military Record from 1896 to 1899.

Hurd wrote widely on the navy, merchant shipping, and the First World War. The Dreadnought Project describes him as a prolific journalist and author, and notes that he wrote the official history of the British mercantile marine in the Great War. His long career made him a familiar interpreter of maritime policy and naval history for general readers.

He was knighted in 1928 and died in 1959. Today he is remembered mainly for his naval histories and for helping document Britain's wartime experience at sea in a clear, journalistic style.