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Henry Richardson Chamberlain
1859–1911
A journalist and novelist who moved between American newsrooms and London correspondence, he is best remembered for the 1894 novel 6,000 Tons of Gold. His work blends adventure, politics, and a sharp interest in how great wealth can unsettle ordinary life.
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6,000 Tons of Gold
by Henry Richardson Chamberlain
About the author
Born in 1859 and deceased in 1911, he was an American author and newspaper editor whose career centered on journalism as much as fiction. Reliable reference sources describe him as a U.S. author and editor, and record that he served as the London correspondent for The New York Sun from 1892 until his death.
His best-known book is 6,000 Tons of Gold (1894), a novel that has remained accessible through later archives and Project Gutenberg. Bibliographic records and literary reference sources consistently connect him with that novel, which helped preserve his reputation even though he is now a relatively obscure figure.
Archival records also show that his papers from the 1890s survive in a Columbia University collection, suggesting a professional life closely tied to public affairs, reporting, and transatlantic literary culture.