William Howard Russell

William Howard Russell, a reporter for the London Times during the Crimean War (1853–56), became famous as one of the first war correspondents, and his writings inspired Florence Nightingale to take up her mission to Crimea. More than 150 war correspondents reported on the American

…the world’s first war correspondent, William Howard Russell, to cover the Crimean War (1853–56). The British government first learned of Russian peace proposals in The Times.