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Benjamin Wegner Nørregaard

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Norwegian journalist and army officer

NorwayJournalistsLived 1861 to 1935 · aged 73
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Benjamin Wegner Nørregaard was a Norwegian military officer, railway engineer, adventurer, journalist, diplomat and internationally renowned war correspondent. He spent several years in China and served as Minister of Labour in the Tianjin Provisional Government during the Boxer Rebellion.

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Benjamin Wegner Nørregaard. A picture from his book The Great Siege: The Investment and Fall of Port Arthur (1906).Benjamin Wegner Nørregaard. A picture from his book The Great Siege: The Investment and Fall of Port Arthur (1906).

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Benjamin Wegner Nørregaard was a Norwegian military officer, railway engineer, adventurer, journalist, diplomat and internationally renowned war correspondent. He spent several years in China and served as Minister of Labour in the Tianjin Provisional Government during the Boxer Rebellion. He later worked as a war correspondent for the Daily Mail and for Scandinavian newspapers, and covered several conflicts in East Asia and Europe. He is especially known for his books The Great Siege, on the siege of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War, and War, on the Boxer Rebellion.

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Norway
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Journalists
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Journalist
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deceased
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Lived 1861 to 1935 · aged 73
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