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Henry Frith

b. 1840

Best known for bringing Jules Verne to English readers, this prolific Irish writer moved easily between adventure, history, and practical nonfiction. His books have the brisk, curious energy of someone who loved both ideas and how things worked.

2 Audiobooks

Notable Voyagers, From Columbus to Nordenskiold

Notable Voyagers, From Columbus to Nordenskiold

by Henry Frith, William Henry Giles Kingston

In the Yellow Sea

In the Yellow Sea

by Henry Frith

About the author

Born in Dublin on May 2, 1840, he trained as an engineer before building a remarkably varied literary career. He worked as a translator, writer, editor, and civil servant, and is especially remembered for translating works by Jules Verne into English.

His output was huge: sources describe nearly 200 works across translations, novels, instructional books, and popular nonfiction. That range helps explain why his bibliography can feel so wide-ranging, from tales of chivalry and adventure to books shaped by science, travel, and everyday knowledge.

He died on October 12, 1917, in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England. While he is not as widely known today as some of the authors he translated, his writing reflects a lively Victorian-era appetite for discovery, invention, and storytelling.