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James Augustus St. John

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James Augustus St. John (1795–1875) was a British author and voyager. After mastering the classics, as well as six languages, St. John began his career as a journalist, often writing books about his journeys. He is the author of A Journal of a Residence in Normandy (1830), Lives of Celebrated Travelers (1830), A Life of Sir Walter Raleigh (1868), and A Life of Louis Napoleon (1857).