Emil Joseph Dillon papers, circa 1873-1933.

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Emil Joseph Dillon papers, circa 1873-1933.

Correspondence with statesmen, historians, staff of the Daily Telegraph, family, etc., memoranda, diaries, subject files, articles, materials on Oriental studies, books and journals, and photographs.

80 linear feet.

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Dillon, Emile Joseph, 1855-1933

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Epithet: journalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x000282 An academic (Professor of Philology at University of Kharkov, authority on oriental languages, ancient Armenian and Sanskrit), Dillon was best known as a foreign correspondent for London's Daily Telegraph from 1886 unti well after the 1914-1918 war. He was considered a "semi-official ambassador", and wrote frequently on foreign affairs in CONTE...