Chadwick, Henry (05 October 1824–20 April 1908), baseball sportswriter, was born in Jessamine Cottage, St. Thomas, Exeter, England, the son of Sir James Chadwick, a newspaper editor (mother’s name unknown). Chadwick and his parents came to the United States in September 1837 and settled in Brooklyn. Although trained to be a music teacher, Chadwick soon gravitated toward journalism. In 1844 he started contributing to the ...
