He commenced his work as a writer for the London newspaper press in connection with the Morning Chronicle, and he afterwards became a leading contributor to the Examiner and the Daily News. Of the latter journal he was principal editor for some time previous to his death.
The department he specially cultivated was that of continental history and foreign politics. He published Lives of Foreign Statesmen (1830), The Greek and the Turk (1853), and Reigns of Louis XVIII. and Charles X. (1854).
These were followed by his most important work, the History of France (5 vols., 1858-1868). It was founded upon original sources, in order to consult which the author resided for a considerable time in Paris.
EyreCrowe's father, EyreEvansCrowe (born 1799), was orphaned at an early age and sent to live with spinster aunts in Ireland.
EyreCrowe's artistic talent was encouraged by his father, who enrolled him as a student with Paul Delaroche, then the most highly acclaimed contemporary painter in France, and head of one of the most prestigious teaching studios.
EyreEvansCrowe died in London in February 1868 and was buried in Kensal Green cemetery.
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