Fred A. (Fred Arthur) McKenzie

Born in Quebec in 1869, Fred A. McKenzie — also known as Frederick Arthur MacKenzie — was a Canadian journalist and author who built his career as a foreign correspondent. He contributed to British newspapers including the Pall Mall Gazette and later the Daily Mail, becoming known for his reporting from East Asia.

He was one of the relatively few Western journalists to cover the Russo-Japanese War from the Japanese side, and he also reported on Korean resistance during the years of Japanese expansion. That experience shaped several of his best-known books, including The Tragedy of Korea and Korea’s Fight for Freedom, which helped bring events in Korea to English-speaking readers.

McKenzie also wrote about Russia, Germany, and international politics more broadly, combining travel writing, war reporting, and political commentary. He died in 1931, but his work still stands as a lively record of a turbulent period in global history.