author
Henry Frith
b. 1840
An Irish engineer turned prolific man of letters, he helped bring Jules Verne and other French adventure writers to English-speaking readers. Alongside his translations, he produced a remarkably large body of fiction and practical nonfiction of his own.
2 Audiobooks
Notable Voyagers, From Columbus to Nordenskiold
by William Henry Giles Kingston, Henry Frith
In the Yellow Sea
by Henry Frith
About the author
Born in Dublin on May 2, 1840, Henry Frith was an Irish writer, translator, and engineer. He is now best remembered for translating works by Jules Verne and other French authors, helping popular adventure and science-themed stories reach a wider English-language audience.
Frith was also a very productive author in his own right. Sources describe him as having written or translated close to 200 works, ranging from novels and children's books to instructional and practical titles. That mix of technical knowledge and storytelling gave his work a distinctive Victorian flavor: curious, energetic, and wide-ranging.
He died on October 12, 1917. While he is not as widely known today as some of the writers he translated, his role in shaping how English readers encountered popular nineteenth-century fiction remains an important part of his legacy.