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James Macdonell (1841 2 March 1879), Scottish journalist, was born at Dyce, Aberdeen. In 1858, after his father's death, he became clerk in a merchant's ...
1841
Died:1879
Scottish journalist
He began writing in the " Aberdeen Free Press "; in 1862 he was appointed to the staff of the " Daily Review " at Edinburgh, and at twenty-two he became editor of the " Northern Daily Express ".