George Wharton James
George Wharton James (27 September 1858[1] – 1923) was an American popular lecturer, photographer, journalist, and editor. Born in Lincolnshire, England, he emigrated to the United States as a young man after being ordained as a Methodist minister.
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George Wharton James (27 September 1858[1] – 1923) was an American popular lecturer, photographer, journalist, and editor. Born in Lincolnshire, England, he emigrated to the United States as a young man after being ordained as a Methodist minister.
He served in parishes in Nevada and Southern California, gradually beginning his journalism and writing career. An editor of two magazines, he also wrote more than 40 books and many articles and pamphlets on California and the American Southwest.
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