Albert D. Vandam

Albert Dresden Vandam (1843–1903) was an English journalist and writer.

Life

Born in London in March 1843, the son of Mark Vandam, his background was Dutch-Jewish descent. Before he was 13 he was sent to Paris, where he was privately educated, and stayed 15 years. According to his own account, his youth was passed among prominent French people and that he, at the same time, made the acquaintance of the theatrical and Bohemian worlds of the French capital.

Vandam began a career as a journalist during the Prusso-Austrian War of 1866, writing for English papers, and he was correspondent for American papers during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. Settling in London in 1871, he engaged in translation from the French and Dutch and other literary work, occasionally going abroad on special missions for newspapers. From 1882 to 1887 Vandam was again in Paris as correspondent for the Globe, subsequently making his home anew in London.

Vandam died in London on 25 October 1903.

Family

Vandam married Maria, daughter of Lewin Moseley, a London dentist.