Dillon, Emile Joseph (philologist, author and journalist, pseudonym 'E B Lanin')
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1854 - 1933
Biography
Emile Joseph Dillon was born in Dublin and spent the early part of his life studying for the priesthood. At the age of 21 he turned his attention to oriental languages and studied under Ernest Renan and at several European Universities. From the mid 1880s, Dillon worked as a journalist for several newspapers, including Odesskiye Novosti and The Telegraph, and contributed many articles to British and American publications on Russian and foreign affairs. Dillon died in Barcelona in 1933.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Papers of Emile Joseph Dillon, containing correspondence, notebooks and literary papers.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12382/1-67
Scope and Contents
These papers were given to Father Ernest Eugene Laws by Dillon's widow, as research material for a proposed biography of Dillon. Laws transcribed and translated many of the letters and annotated some of the originals.
Dates:
1871-1939, 1951-1955, undated.
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