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GEORGE WARRING- TON, an English journalist and writer, born at Sydenham, in 1869. He was STEIN educated at Balliol College, Oxford.

After serving on the editorial staff of the "Pall Mall Gazette" for several years, he became, in 1897, special correspondent of the "Daily Mail." In this capacity he visited the United States, Egypt, Egypt, Greece, Gr India, and other countries. His letters to the "Daily Mail" were republished under the titles "The Land of the Dollar" (1897); "With the Conquering Turk" (1897); "With Kitchener to Khartum" (1898); "The Tragedy of Dreyfus" (1899); "From Cape Town to Ladysmith" (1900). He served as correspondent in the Boer War and the hardships which he endured there led to his death at Ladysmith, while it was besieged by the Boers, in 1900. He was considered the most eminent war correspondent of his time.

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