Henry Jackson Wells Dam (April 27, 1856 – April 26, 1906) was a journalist and playwright.[1] His story "The Red Mouse" was adapted for the film Her Silent Sacrifice. He wrote the words to the musical comedy The Shop Girl. He conducted the only interview ever given by
Wilhelm Röntgen about his Röntgen rays (
X-rays) in 1896. He also interviewed
Guglielmo Marconi about his
radio telegraph transmitter in 1897.
Dam traveled to London the cover the
Jack the Ripper murders, and has been discussed as a possible author of some of the Jack the Ripper letters.[1]
Family
Dam was born in
San Francisco and graduated from the
University of California.[5] He moved to London where he married stage actress Dorothy Dorr (1866–1940) on October 27, 1892. They had two children, Colby Dorr Dam and Losing Dam. The family returned to the U.S. in the early 20th century.[1]
Death and legacy
He died in of cancer in Havana, Cuba on April 26, 1906.[5][6]
"Monsieur Bibi's Boom-Boom", The Strand Magazine (1900)
"The Red Mouse"
"The Transmogrification of Dan" in The Smart Set magazine (1901)[9]
Articles
"The New Marvel in Photography, A Visit to Professor Röntgen at his laboratory in Würzburg. His own account of his great discovery. Interesting experiments with the cathode rays. Practical uses of the new photography", Article in McClure's Magazine about William Konrad Röntgen's work on X-rays, New York (Vol. VI, Nr. 5, April 1896)