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Filson Young
1876–1938
A restless, wide-ranging writer, Filson Young moved effortlessly from war reporting and musical criticism to motoring, aviation, broadcasting, and the sea. His 1912 book Titanic was the first full-length account of the disaster, published just 37 days after the ship sank.
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About the author
Alexander Bell Filson Young (1876–1938) was a Northern Irish journalist, essayist, novelist, photographer, and war correspondent. Born in County Antrim, he began publishing in 1896 under the pseudonym “X. Rays” and later reported from the Second Boer War for The Manchester Guardian.
Young wrote prolifically about music, art, travel, motoring, naval life, famous trials, and exploration. His books included The Complete Motorist, a two-volume study of Christopher Columbus, musical criticism, novels, and Titanic, his remarkably swift account of the 1912 disaster.
During the First World War, he served with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and was present at the Battle of Dogger Bank. In later years he became an adviser on radio programmes for the BBC, contributed regularly to Radio Times, wrote about broadcasting, and learned to fly at the age of fifty-eight.