Fred T. Jane

John Fredrick Thomas Jane, known by his pseudonym Fred T. Jane ( born August 6, 1865 in Richmond, Surrey, England; † March 8, 1916 ) was a British Seekriegshistoriker.

Life

As a teenager, Jane was interested in the shipping and outlined many warships. In 1889, he received an order from a magazine, on the Spithead Review of the Royal Navy, to report a fleet inspection at Spithead.

In 1898, Jane founded the Jane's Information Group. The up to now appearing in this publishing reference books " All the World 's Fighting Ships" apply to warships and " All the World 's Air -ships " for aircraft now as reference works.

Jane was also active in politics, and a strong opponent of the Liberals. As 1910, the left - liberal candidate Edward Hemmerde was nominated for election, Jane made ​​the decision to disrupt the election campaign. At the station he received Winston Churchill, who wanted to keep to support Hemmerdes a speech. Instead Churchill agreed to go to the venue, he brought him to the country, which Churchill was prevented from holding his speech.

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