author
1795–1835
A restless early 19th-century travel writer and journalist, he turned journeys across Europe into vivid books for British readers. Writing under the name Derwent Conway as well as his own, he became known for energetic accounts of places, politics, and everyday life abroad.
by Henry D. (Henry David) Inglis
by Henry D. (Henry David) Inglis
Henry David Inglis was a Scottish travel writer and journalist born in 1795 and dead in 1835. He is often associated with the pseudonym Derwent Conway, a name attached to several of his travel books.
His reputation rests mainly on travel writing. He wrote about journeys in Europe at a time when readers were eager for first-hand accounts of foreign cities, customs, and political life, and his work helped bring continental travel within reach of people who would never make those trips themselves.
Although he is not as widely remembered today as some later Victorian travel authors, his books remain part of the rich tradition of British travel literature from the decades after the Napoleonic era.