Julius Vogel

James Smithies (University of Canterbury)

Ed. by Jennifer Lawn, Massey University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 9.1.2: New Zealand Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Doreen D'Cruz (Massey University), Jennifer Lawn (Massey University), John C. Ross (Massey University), Mark Williams (Victoria University of Wellington)

Dates

Born 24 Feb 1835
Died 12 Mar 1899
Activity 1852-1899

Places

Born in England
Active in New Zealand; England

Activities

Primary

Editor
Journalist
Novelist

Resources

Vogel's Works

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Sir Julius Vogel (1835-1899) is mainly known for his dominance of New Zealand politics during the 1870s and 1880s. His main literary undertakings revolved around journalism, frequent letters to the editor (he was regularly accepted for publication in

The Times

in his later years) and handbooks for colonists to New Zealand. In his early career in New Zealand he wrote and staged a well received (but anonymous) version of

Lady Audley's Secret

(1863) only a few months after its first West End performance. His greatest literary accomplishment was his science fiction novel

Anno Domini 2000: Or, Women's Destiny

(1889).

A hugely energetic and imaginative man, Vogel was born in London to Albert Leopold Vogel and Phoebe Isaac in 1835. He arrived in Victoria (Australia) in 1852 and followed the

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Citation: Smithies, James. "Julius Vogel". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 03 April 2006 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=11701, accessed 21 November 2024.]