Filson Young

Born in 1876, Filson Young built a varied writing career that ranged across journalism, criticism, fiction, and travel. He is especially noted for Titanic (1912), one of the first books to appear after the sinking, published only weeks after the disaster.

His work went well beyond maritime history. Young served as a war correspondent during the Boer War and the First World War, and he also became involved with the early BBC as a programmes adviser. That mix of reporter, commentator, and broadcaster helps explain the direct, vivid style readers often notice in his writing.

He died in 1938. Today he is remembered as a versatile Edwardian and early twentieth-century man of letters whose career connected newspapers, books, music, and the new world of radio.