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Percy Cross Standing
1870–1931
A prolific early-20th-century British journalist and author, he wrote across an unusually wide range of subjects, from military history and guerrilla warfare to cricket, local history, and art. His books have the brisk, curious feel of a writer who was always ready to chase a new subject.
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The Campaign in Russian Poland
by Percy Cross Standing
About the author
Born in 1870 and dying in 1931, Percy Cross Standing is identified in reliable library and reference records as a British journalist as well as an author. His surviving work shows a writer with broad interests and a talent for turning specialist subjects into readable books for a general audience.
Standing wrote on war and politics in works such as The Campaign in Russian Poland and Guerilla Leaders of the World, but he also published on very different topics, including cricket, Hertfordshire history, and the painter Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. That range suggests a career shaped by journalism: alert to current events, but equally drawn to biography, culture, and the stories behind places and people.
Today he is remembered mainly through his books, many of which remain accessible in public-domain or archive collections. While detailed biographical information about his personal life is limited in the sources I could confirm, his bibliography leaves a clear impression of an energetic Edwardian-era man of letters with wide curiosity and an instinct for engaging nonfiction.