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Julian Selby
Julian Augustus Selby (February 6, 1833 – April 12, 1907) was a printer, publisher and journalist in Columbia, South Carolina. Aside from numerous newspaper articles, he wrote ''Memorabilia'', a book of folksy reminiscences about the antebellum Columbia area. He also wrote an anonymous booklet called ''A Checkered Life'' (later reprinted as ''The Countess Pourtales'') inveighing against a former resident of Columbia, Marie Boozer. Selby was remembered as "a man who created a high standard in journalism when newspapers were comparatively few in the South and the ashes of war and the sting of poverty made newspaper publishing a perilous financial undertaking." Life Selby's mother Margaret was from the West Indies, but Selby himself was born near Charleston on February 6, 1833. Nothing is known about his father. His mother conducted a school in Columbia and Selby probably received his early education there. The 1850 census shows him working as a printer at age 17. Selby was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston is the List of municipalities in South Carolina, most populous city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the confluence of the Ashley River, Ashley, Cooper River (South Carolina), Cooper, and Wando River, Wando rivers. Charleston had a population of 150,227 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The population of the Charleston metropolitan area, South Carolina, Charleston metropolitan area, comprising Berkeley County, South Carolina, Berkeley, Charleston County, South Carolina, Charleston, and Dorchester County, South Carolina, Dorchester counties, was estimated to be 849,417 in 2023. It ranks as the South Carolina statistical areas, third-most populous metropolitan area in the state and the Metropolitan statistical area, 71st-most populous in the U.S. It is the county seat of Charleston County, South Carolina, Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
