请问Richard Harding Davis的简介

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请问Richard Harding Davis的简介

Born : April 18, 1864 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: April 11, 1916 (aged 52) New York City, New York
Occupation: writer, war correspondent, journalist
Nationality: American
Writing period: 19th and early 20th Century
Genres: history, romantic novels, short stories
Subjects: Africa, War, Cuba, Europe

Richard Harding Davis (18 April 1864—11 April 1916) was a popular writer of fiction and drama, and a journalist famous for his coverage of the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. Davis, a managing editor of Harper's Weekly, was one of the world's leading war correspondents at the time of the Second Boer War in South Africa. As an American, he had the unique opportunity to see the war first-hand from both the British and Boer perspectives. Davis also worked as a reporter for the New York Herald, The Times, and Scribner's Magazine.
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