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Henry Woodd Nevinson
1856–1941
Best known as a fearless war correspondent and campaigning journalist, he reported from major conflicts and exposed brutal labor abuses in Portuguese West Africa. He also became a prominent male supporter of women’s suffrage, bringing a reformer’s voice to both politics and public life.
6 Audiobooks
Essays in Rebellion
by Henry Woodd Nevinson
The Dardanelles campaign
by Henry Woodd Nevinson
Ladysmith: The Diary of a Siege
by Henry Woodd Nevinson
The dawn in Russia
by Henry Woodd Nevinson
The new spirit in India
by Henry Woodd Nevinson
A Modern Slavery
by Henry Woodd Nevinson
About the author
Born in Leicester in 1856, Henry Woodd Nevinson built a wide-ranging career as a journalist, author, and foreign correspondent. He was educated at Shrewsbury and Christ Church, Oxford, and became known for reporting with unusual moral urgency as well as sharp observational detail.
Nevinson covered conflicts including the Greco-Turkish War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. He is especially remembered for his investigation of slavery and forced labor in Angola and São Tomé, work that fed into his book A Modern Slavery and helped make him one of the leading campaigning journalists of his day.
Outside war reporting, he was active in progressive causes and was an important supporter of women’s suffrage, including work with the Men’s League for Women’s Suffrage. He died in 1941, leaving behind a reputation for brave reporting, social conscience, and a lifelong willingness to challenge power.