Kinross, Albert
KINROSS, ALBERT
KINROSS, ALBERT (1870–1929), British journalist and author. Born in Russia, he became London correspondent of the Boston Evening Transcript (1896–98) and dramatic critic of the Morning Post (1901–03). In 1904 he returned to Russia as special correspondent during the Russo-Japanese War and the Russian Revolution of 1905. He served throughout World War i in the British army, started the Balkan News for British Salonica Force and for several months edited the Palestine News. He left journalism in 1907 to become a full-time writer of short stories, which were published in leading magazines in Britain and America, returning to journalism during World War i.
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