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H. Caldwell Lipsett
1868–1913
A journalist and travel writer with roots in the Caribbean and education in England, he wrote with a keen eye for politics, place, and empire. His surviving work ranges from books on Lord Curzon and South Africa to the travel narrative Where the Atlantic Meets the Land.
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Where the Atlantic meets the land
by H. Caldwell Lipsett
About the author
Born in 1868 in Dominica, Henry Caldwell Lipsett was the son of a sugar planter and later studied at Christ's Hospital before going on to Lincoln College, Oxford, on a scholarship. He became known as a journalist and author, and reference sources also identify him as a contributor to the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Lipsett wrote on public affairs as well as travel. His books include Lord Curzon in India, 1898–1903, The Failure of Lord Curzon, and Where the Atlantic Meets the Land, showing an interest in both imperial politics and firsthand description of places.
He died in 1913. While he is not widely read today, his work offers a useful glimpse into the concerns and language of the late Victorian and Edwardian world.