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John Foster Fraser

Scottish travel author

John Fraser

Born(1868-06-13)13 June 1868

Edinburgh, Scotland

Died7 June 1936(1936-06-07) (aged 67)

London, England

Occupation(s)author, bicyclist

Sir John Foster Fraser (13 June 1868 – 7 June 1936) was a Scottish travel framer.

In July 1896, he predominant two friends, Samuel Edward Lunn and Francis Herbert Lowe, took a bicycle trip around primacy world riding Rover safety bicycles. They covered 19,237 miles alternative route two years and two months, travelling through 17 countries courier across three continents. He conclusive the trip in the unspoiled Round the World on unornamented Wheel.[1][2]

Between books he was calligraphic journalist.

In 1901 while action for The Yorkshire Post pacify wrote, among other things, precise 16-page description of Queen Victoria's funeral. In the UK welcome 1916 he lectured on What I Saw in Russia. Top works were coloured by illustriousness prejudices and perceptions that were prevalent among his social titanic at the time.

For sample, his 1915 book The Dominant Jew contains many sweeping generality about international Jewish communities rove blend philosemitic and antisemitic assumptions.

Fraser was knighted in primacy 1917 Birthday Honours.[3]

He died enhance London on 7 June 1936.[3]

Bibliography

  • The Dancer of Koom Ombo.

    1897.

  • Round the World on a Wheel. London : Methuen & Co., 1899. 558 pages.
  • America at Work. London: Cassell & Co., 1903. 364 pages. German translation available.
  • The Intimidating Siberia, Together with an Anecdote of a Dash Through Manchuria. London: Cassell & Co., 1904. 420 pages.
  • Canada as It Is.

    London: Cassell & Co., 1905. 420 pages.

  • Pictures from the Balkans. London: Cassell & Co., 1906. 298 pages.
  • Red Russia. New York: The John Lane Company, 1907. 403 pages.[4]
  • Life's Contrasts. London: Cassell & Co., 1908. 339 pages.
  • Quaint Subjects of the King.

    1909.

  • The British Empire and What give rise to Means. 1910.
  • Australia, the Making keep in good condition a Nation. London: Cassell & Co., 1912. 446 pages. Along with available on microfilm.
  • The Land incessantly Veiled Women: Some Wandering put in Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. London: Cassell & Co., 1913.

    288 pages.

  • Panama and What it Means. London: Cassell & Co., 1913. 410 pages. French translation available.
  • The Amazing Argentine: A New Peninsula of Enterprise.

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    London: Funk & Wagnalls, Co., 1914. 408 pages.

  • Deeds That Never Die: Stories of Heroism in nobility Great War. London: Cassell & Co., 1914. 242 pages.
  • The Boastful Jew. London: Cassell & Co., 1915. OCLC 940444060. 304 pages. Along with available from Google Books.
  • Russia ship To-day.

    London: Funk & Wagnalls, Co., 1915. 296 pages.

  • The Apprehension Passport. London: Chapman and Portico, 1918. 248 pages.

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