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William T. Jeans
1848–1907
A sharp-eyed parliamentary journalist who turned politics, industry, and invention into lively books for general readers. His work ranges from biographies of great engineers and electricians to reflections on Parliament and the home rule debate.
1 Audiobook
Lives of the electricians : Professors Tyndall, Wheatstone, and Morse.
by William T. Jeans
About the author
Working in Britain as a parliamentary correspondent and author, he built his reputation on explaining public life and practical subjects clearly. He is identified in reliable reference sources as a parliamentary journalist, and several surviving books show how wide his interests were: politics, technology, economics, and biography.
His best-known titles include The Creators of the Age of Steel, Lives of the Electricians, Examination of the Demand for Home Rule, and Parliamentary Reminiscences. Taken together, they suggest a writer who liked to make complex institutions and technical change understandable to ordinary readers.
He is also remembered as the father of the physicist and astronomer Sir James Jeans. For audiobook listeners, his appeal lies in that mix of Victorian reportage and accessible nonfiction: informed, curious, and closely connected to the big debates and innovations of his time.