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He was born in Lilyvale in the county of Dublin, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and briefly at Cambridge. Russell was a journlist for The Times in Ireland, and was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1851. On the outbreak of the Crimean War in 1854 he was sent as a special correspondent. In 1856 Russell was sent to Moscow to describe the coronation of Tsar Alexander II, and in the following year was sent to India where he witnessed the siege of Lucknow (1858). In 1861 Russell went to Washington. He later published diaries of his time in India, the American Civil WarThe American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1865 between the northern states, popularly referred to as "the U. the Union," " the North," or "the Yankees"; and the seceding southern states, commonly referred to as "the Confederat, and the Franco-Prussian WarMars-la-Tour, August 16, 1870 The Franco-Prussian War ( July 19, 1870 May 10, 1871) was waged between the Empire of France and the Prussian led North German Confederation allied with the south German states of Baden, Bavaria and Wurttemberg. The conflict. Russell returned to EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England in 1863. In the 1869 General Election Russell ran unsuccessfully as a Conservative candidate for the borough of ChelseaChelsea can be: A neighbourhood in London, see: Chelsea, London, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea A London football club, see: Chelsea F. A neighborhood in New York City, see: Chelsea, Manhattan A well-known hotel in Chelsea, Manhattan, see: Hotel. His description of the burning of ParisEiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. Paris is the capital and largest city of France. The city is built on an arc of the River Seine, and is thus divided into two parts: the Right Bank to the north and the smaller Left Bank to by the Communards has been seen as his greatest triumph. Russell was knighted in May 1895; he married twice. Russell's dispatches via telegraph from the Crimea remain his most enduring legacy as, for the first time, he brought the realities of war, both good and bad, home to readers. Thus he helped to diminish the distance between the home front and remote battle fields.