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'''Byron Edgar Farwell''' (20 June 1921 in [[Manchester, Iowa]] – 3 August 1999 in [[Purcellville, Virginia]]) was an American [[military historian]] and [[biographer]].
[[File:Byron Farwell (C. 1957).png|thumb|Farwell {{Circa|1957}}]]
'''Byron Edgar Farwell''' (June 20, 1921 – August 3, 1999) was an American [[military historian]], [[biographer]], and politician. He was the mayor of [[Hillsboro, Loudoun County, Virginia|Hillsboro, Virginia]], for three terms. He also worked for [[Chrysler]], and was the author of 14 books and published articles in various national publications.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Farwell graduated from [[Ohio State University]] and the [[University of Chicago]] ([[Master of Arts|M.A.]], 1968). He served in [[World War II]] as a captain of engineers attached to the Mediterranean Allied Air Force in the British [[Eighth Army (United Kingdom)|Eighth Army]] area and later also saw combat in the [[Korean War]]. He separated from the military after seven years of active duty.
Farwell was born in [[Manchester, Iowa]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Duran|first=Estela|date=1999-08-07|title=Byron Farwell, 78, Is Dead; Historian and Virginia Mayor|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/07/arts/byron-farwell-78-is-dead-historian-and-virginia-mayor.html|access-date=2020-12-29|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> on June 20, 1921.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Papers of Byron Farwell - Special Collections|url=https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/scua/msc/tomsc550/msc502/msc502.htm|access-date=2020-12-29|website=The University of Iowa Libraries}}</ref> He graduated from [[Ohio State University]] and the [[University of Chicago]] ([[Master of Arts|M.A.]], 1968). He served in [[World War II]] as a captain and later also saw combat in the [[Korean War]]. He left the military after seven years of active duty.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">"Byron Farwell, 78, administrator, writer." ''Washington Times'' [Washington, DC] 6 Aug. 1999: 8.</ref>


His wife was named Ruth. The couple had three children<ref name=":0" /> As a civilian, he worked from 1954 to 1971 for [[Chrysler]], including many years as director of administration in [[Geneva]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />''<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|last=Barnes|first=Bart|date=1999-08-06|title=Byron Farwell, 78, Dies|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1999/08/06/byron-farwell-78-dies/74484739-5140-4859-b60c-31914dea8444/|access-date=2020-12-29|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>'' During part of the 1960s he lived in Switzerland and London.<ref name=":0" /> He was mayor of [[Hillsboro, Loudoun County, Virginia|Hillsboro, Virginia]], for three terms from 1976 to 1982, losing re-election to a fourth term after a 17–17 vote where the winner was picked out of a [[punch bowl]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite news|date=1999-08-09|title=Obituary for Byron Farwell (Aged 78)|pages=14|work=The Herald-News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66313122/obituary-for-byron-farwell-aged-78/|access-date=2020-12-29|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> As mayor of the town, Farwell became known for coming into conflict with the state and federal governments over items such as the census or regulation of the health department. He was paid $50 a year as mayor.<ref name=":3" />
As a civilian, he became director of public relations and director of administration for Chrysler International from 1959 to 1971. He also served three terms as mayor of [[Hillsboro, Loudoun County, Virginia|Hillsboro, Virginia]] (1977&ndash;81).


He published articles in ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', ''[[American Heritage (magazine)|American Heritage]]'', ''[[Harper's]]'', ''[[Horizon (U.S. magazine)|Horizon]]'', ''[[Smithsonian Magazine]]'' as well as serving as a contributing editor to ''[[Military History (magazine)|Military History]]'', ''[[World War II (magazine)|World War II]]'', and ''[[Collier's Encyclopedia]]''. Farwell also published biographies of [[Stonewall Jackson]], [[Henry M. Stanley]], and Sir [[Richard Francis Burton]].
He published articles in publications such as ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', ''[[Harper's Magazine]]'', [[American Heritage (magazine)|''American Heritage'']], and ''[[Smithsonian Magazine]]<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />'' as well as working as a contributing editor to ''[[Military History (magazine)|Military History]]'', ''[[World War II (magazine)|World War II]]'', and ''[[Collier's Encyclopedia]]''.<ref name=":1" /> He was a member of both the [[Royal Geographical Society]] and the [[Royal Society of Literature]]. Farwell was also a trustee of the [[Oatlands Plantation|Oatlands mansion]].<ref name=":0" /> He died on August 3, 1999, of a heart attack, in a hospital in [[Loudoun County, Virginia]].<ref name=":3" />


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Farwell gave his papers to the [[University of Iowa]].<ref name=":1" />
He was a fellow of the [[MacDowell Colony]] and a member of both the [[Royal Geographical Society]] and the [[Royal Society of Literature]].


He completed 14 books,<ref name=":4" /> including ''The Man Who Presumed: A Biography of Henry M. Stanley'' (1957),<ref>{{Cite news|last=McCutcheon|first=John T. Jr|date=1957-11-17|title=Man of Contradiction|pages=224|work=Chicago Tribune|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66312522/man-of-contradictionjohn-t-mccutcheon/|access-date=2020-12-29|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> ''Burton: A Biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton'' (1963),<ref>{{Cite news|last=Boyles|first=Denis|date=1989-01-15|title=Two Biographers Take On Larger-Than-Life Heroes|pages=232|work=The Baltimore Sun|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66312725/two-biographers-take-on/|access-date=2020-12-29|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> ''The Gurkhas'' (1984),<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lewis|first=Jim|date=1984-02-26|title=The Gurkhas|pages=166|work=The Atlanta Constitution|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66312459/the-gurkhasjim-lewis/|access-date=2020-12-29|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> ''The Great War in Africa, 1914–1918'' (1986),<ref>{{Cite news|last=Tucker|first=Spencer|date=1987-05-10|title=Plagued by heat, flies and beastly battlefields|pages=74|work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66312953/plagued-by-heat-flies-and-beastly/|access-date=2020-12-29|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> ''Armies of the Raj: from the Mutiny to Independence, 1858-1947'' (1989),<ref>{{Cite news|last=Reardon|first=Patrick|date=1989-09-12|title=The British Raj in unflattering light|pages=55|work=Chicago Tribune|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66312797/the-british-raj-in-unflattering/|access-date=2020-12-29|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>''The Great Anglo-Boer War'' (1990),<ref>{{Cite news|last=Whitman|first=Alden|date=1976-08-29|title=Past sheds light on S. Africa|pages=48|work=The Spokesman-Review|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66312389/past-sheds-light-on-s-africaalden/|access-date=2020-12-29|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=1977-05-28|title=An American view of the Boer War|pages=17|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66312306/an-american-view-of-the-boer-war/|access-date=2020-12-29|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> and ''Over There: The United States in the Great War, 1917-1918'' (1999).<ref>{{Cite news|last=Crowley|first=Claude|date=1999-08-15|title=The U.S.' World War I|pages=77|work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66312862/the-us-world-war-iclaude-crowley/|access-date=2020-12-29|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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Farwell gave his papers to the [[University of Iowa]].


==Books==
==Books==
*''Let's Take a Trip in Our Car'' [children's book] (1954)
*''Let's Take a Trip in Our Car'' [children's book] (1954)
*''Walter P. Chrysler'' (1957)
*''[[Walter Chrysler|Walter P. Chrysler]]'' (1957)
*''The Man Who Presumed: A Biography of Henry M. Stanley'' (1957)
*''The Man Who Presumed: A Biography of [[Henry Morton Stanley|Henry M. Stanley]]'' (1957) {{ISBN|978-0393306293}}
*''Burton: A Biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton'' (1963)
*''Burton: A Biography of Sir [[Richard Francis Burton]]'' (1963)
*''Prisoners of the Mahdi'' (1967)
*''Prisoners of the [[Muhammad Ahmad|Mahdi]]'' (1967) {{ISBN|978-0393305791}}
*''Queen Victoria's Little Wars'' (1972) {{ISBN|0-060-11222-0}}
*''Queen Victoria's Little Wars'' (1972) {{ISBN|0-060-11222-0}}; UK edition (1973) {{ISBN|0-713-90457-7}}
*''Mr. Kipling's Army'' (1981) {{ISBN|0-393-01386-3}} {{OCLC|6330952}}
*''The Great [[Second Boer War|Anglo-Boer War]]'' (1976) {{ISBN|0-889-02045-0}} {{OCLC|1945130}}; UK edition ''The Great Boer War'' (1977) {{ISBN|0-713-90820-3}}
*''[[Rudyard Kipling|Mr. Kipling's]] Army: All the Queen's Men'' (1981) {{ISBN|0-393-01386-3}} {{OCLC|6330952}}; UK edition ''For Queen and Country: A Social History of the Victorian and Edwardian Army'' (1981) {{ISBN|0-713-91241-3}}
*''The Ghurkas'' (1984) {{ISBN|0-393-01773-7}} {{OCLC|9575881}}
*''The [[Gurkhas]]'' (1984) {{ISBN|0-393-01773-7}} {{OCLC|9575881}}
*''Eminent Victorian Soldiers: Seekers of Glory'' (1985) {{ISBN|0-393-01884-9}}
*''Eminent Victorian Soldiers: Seekers of Glory'' (1985) {{ISBN|0-393-01884-9}}
*''The Great War in Africa, 1914–1918'' (1986) {{ISBN|0-393-02369-9}} {{OCLC|13498922}}
*''The [[African theatre of World War I|Great War in Africa]], 1914–1918'' (1986) {{ISBN|0-393-02369-9}} {{OCLC|13498922}}
*''Armies of the Raj: from the Mutiny to Independence, 1858-1947'' (1989) {{ISBN|0-393-02679-5}}
*''Armies of the Raj: from the Mutiny to Independence, 1858-1947'' (1989) {{ISBN|0-393-02679-5}}
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*''[[Battle of Ball's Bluff|Ball's Bluff]]: A Small Battle and Its Long Shadow'' (1990), [[McLean, Virginia]]: [[EPM Publications]]; {{ISBN|0-939009-36-6}}.
*''The Great Anglo-Boer War'' (1990) {{ISBN|0-060-11204-2}} {{OCLC|1945130}}
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*''Stonewall: A Biography of General [[Stonewall Jackson|Thomas J. Jackson]]'' (1992) {{ISBN|0-393-31086-8}} {{OCLC|29534965}}
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*''Ball's Bluff: A Small Battle and Its Long Shadow'' (1990), [[McLean, Virginia]]: [[EPM Publications]]; {{ISBN|0-939009-36-6}}.
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*''Over There: The [[United States in World War I|United States in the Great War]], 1917-1918'' (1999)
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*''Stonewall: A Biography of General Thomas J. Jackson'' (1992) {{ISBN|0-393-31086-8}} {{OCLC|29534965}}

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*''Over There: The United States in the Great War, 1917-1918'' (1999)
== References ==
{{Reflist}}


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Farwell c. 1957

Byron Edgar Farwell (June 20, 1921 – August 3, 1999) was an American military historian, biographer, and politician. He was the mayor of Hillsboro, Virginia, for three terms. He also worked for Chrysler, and was the author of 14 books and published articles in various national publications.

Biography

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Farwell was born in Manchester, Iowa,[1] on June 20, 1921.[2] He graduated from Ohio State University and the University of Chicago (M.A., 1968). He served in World War II as a captain and later also saw combat in the Korean War. He left the military after seven years of active duty.[2][3]

His wife was named Ruth. The couple had three children[1] As a civilian, he worked from 1954 to 1971 for Chrysler, including many years as director of administration in Geneva.[1][3][4] During part of the 1960s he lived in Switzerland and London.[1] He was mayor of Hillsboro, Virginia, for three terms from 1976 to 1982, losing re-election to a fourth term after a 17–17 vote where the winner was picked out of a punch bowl.[1][5] As mayor of the town, Farwell became known for coming into conflict with the state and federal governments over items such as the census or regulation of the health department. He was paid $50 a year as mayor.[4]

He published articles in publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Harper's Magazine, American Heritage, and Smithsonian Magazine[1][4] as well as working as a contributing editor to Military History, World War II, and Collier's Encyclopedia.[2] He was a member of both the Royal Geographical Society and the Royal Society of Literature. Farwell was also a trustee of the Oatlands mansion.[1] He died on August 3, 1999, of a heart attack, in a hospital in Loudoun County, Virginia.[4]

Farwell gave his papers to the University of Iowa.[2]

He completed 14 books,[5] including The Man Who Presumed: A Biography of Henry M. Stanley (1957),[6] Burton: A Biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton (1963),[7] The Gurkhas (1984),[8] The Great War in Africa, 1914–1918 (1986),[9] Armies of the Raj: from the Mutiny to Independence, 1858-1947 (1989),[10]The Great Anglo-Boer War (1990),[11][12] and Over There: The United States in the Great War, 1917-1918 (1999).[13]

Books

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  • Let's Take a Trip in Our Car [children's book] (1954)
  • Walter P. Chrysler (1957)
  • The Man Who Presumed: A Biography of Henry M. Stanley (1957) ISBN 978-0393306293
  • Burton: A Biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton (1963)
  • Prisoners of the Mahdi (1967) ISBN 978-0393305791
  • Queen Victoria's Little Wars (1972) ISBN 0-060-11222-0; UK edition (1973) ISBN 0-713-90457-7
  • The Great Anglo-Boer War (1976) ISBN 0-889-02045-0 OCLC 1945130; UK edition The Great Boer War (1977) ISBN 0-713-90820-3
  • Mr. Kipling's Army: All the Queen's Men (1981) ISBN 0-393-01386-3 OCLC 6330952; UK edition For Queen and Country: A Social History of the Victorian and Edwardian Army (1981) ISBN 0-713-91241-3
  • The Gurkhas (1984) ISBN 0-393-01773-7 OCLC 9575881
  • Eminent Victorian Soldiers: Seekers of Glory (1985) ISBN 0-393-01884-9
  • The Great War in Africa, 1914–1918 (1986) ISBN 0-393-02369-9 OCLC 13498922
  • Armies of the Raj: from the Mutiny to Independence, 1858-1947 (1989) ISBN 0-393-02679-5
  • Ball's Bluff: A Small Battle and Its Long Shadow (1990), McLean, Virginia: EPM Publications; ISBN 0-939009-36-6.
  • Stonewall: A Biography of General Thomas J. Jackson (1992) ISBN 0-393-31086-8 OCLC 29534965
  • Over There: The United States in the Great War, 1917-1918 (1999)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Duran, Estela (1999-08-07). "Byron Farwell, 78, Is Dead; Historian and Virginia Mayor". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  2. ^ a b c d "Papers of Byron Farwell - Special Collections". The University of Iowa Libraries. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  3. ^ a b "Byron Farwell, 78, administrator, writer." Washington Times [Washington, DC] 6 Aug. 1999: 8.
  4. ^ a b c d Barnes, Bart (1999-08-06). "Byron Farwell, 78, Dies". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  5. ^ a b "Obituary for Byron Farwell (Aged 78)". The Herald-News. 1999-08-09. p. 14. Retrieved 2020-12-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ McCutcheon, John T. Jr (1957-11-17). "Man of Contradiction". Chicago Tribune. p. 224. Retrieved 2020-12-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Boyles, Denis (1989-01-15). "Two Biographers Take On Larger-Than-Life Heroes". The Baltimore Sun. p. 232. Retrieved 2020-12-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Lewis, Jim (1984-02-26). "The Gurkhas". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 166. Retrieved 2020-12-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Tucker, Spencer (1987-05-10). "Plagued by heat, flies and beastly battlefields". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. 74. Retrieved 2020-12-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Reardon, Patrick (1989-09-12). "The British Raj in unflattering light". Chicago Tribune. p. 55. Retrieved 2020-12-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Whitman, Alden (1976-08-29). "Past sheds light on S. Africa". The Spokesman-Review. p. 48. Retrieved 2020-12-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "An American view of the Boer War". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1977-05-28. p. 17. Retrieved 2020-12-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Crowley, Claude (1999-08-15). "The U.S.' World War I". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. 77. Retrieved 2020-12-29 – via Newspapers.com.
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