Arthur Gavshon
{{Short description|South African journalist (1916 - 1995)}}
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| birth_name = Arthur Leslie Gavshon
| birth_date = 28 August 1916
| birth_place = Johannesburg, South Africa
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Arthur Leslie Gavshon (28 August 1916 – 24 July 1995) was a London-based South African journalist. He was a reporter for the Associated Press, and the author of three books of investigative journalism.
Early life
Arthur Gavshon was born on 28 August 1916 in Johannesburg, South Africa.{{cite news|last1=Dalyell|first1=Tam|title=OBITUARY:Arthur Gavshon|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituaryarthur-gavshon-1593263.html|accessdate=February 17, 2018|work=The Independent|date=July 25, 1995}} His parents were Lithuanian Jewish refugees.{{cite news|title=Arthur Gavshon: The soft hard newsman|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/261139354/?terms=%22Arthur%2BGavshon%22|accessdate=February 17, 2018|work=The Guardian|date=July 31, 1995|page=9|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=registration }}
Gavshon was educated at the Pretoria Boys High School.
Career
Gavshon began his career at Express, a newspaper based in Johannesburg. He was also the associate editor of Libertas, a magazine opposed to the National Party's non-interventionist policy during World War II. After serving in the South African Army in Italy and North Africa during the war, he joined the Associated Press in 1945. He was the AP's London correspondent from 1947 to 1960, and later worked in Washington, D.C. as well as the AP's European correspondent. He retired in 1981.
Gavshon was the author of three books of investigative journalism. He was a critic of apartheid.
Personal life and death
Gavshon married Audrey Ross in Hampstead, London in 1954.{{cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVDJ-ZK3N|title= Arthur L Gavshon - Marriage - England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005 |website=FamilySearch|url-access=registration}} He was related to journalist Anton Harber. They had three daughters, Laura T Gavshon in 1955,{{cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV7F-P22Z|title=Laura T Gavshon - Birth - England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008 |website=FamilySearch|url-access=registration}} Helena K Gavshon in 1957,{{cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV7V-XV2G|title=Helena K Gavshon - Birth - England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008 |website=FamilySearch|url-access=registration}} and Evelyn A Gavshon in 1960.{{cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV7L-QZSM|title=Evelyn A Gavshon - Birth - England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008 |website=FamilySearch|url-access=registration}} He died on 24 July 1995 in London.
Selected works
- {{cite book|last1=Gavshon|first1=Arthur|title=The Last Days of Dag Hammarskjold|date=1962|publisher=Walker and Company|location=New York|oclc=1373025}}
- {{cite book|last1=Gavshon|first1=Arthur|title=Crisis in Africa: Battleground of East and West|date=1981|publisher=Penguin Books|location=London, U.K.|isbn=9780140222395|oclc=164625522}}
- {{cite book|last1=Gavshon|first1=Arthur|last2=Rice|first2=Desmond|title=The sinking of the Belgrano|date=1984|publisher=Hodder & Stoughton|location=Sevenoaks, U.K.|oclc=954576683}}
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Category:Jewish South African anti-apartheid activists
Category:South African anti-apartheid activists
Category:South African people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent
Category:Journalists from Johannesburg
Category:Journalists from London
Category:South African investigative journalists
Category:South African emigrants to the United Kingdom
Category:White South African anti-apartheid activists
Category:Associated Press reporters
Category:South African military personnel of World War II
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