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David Astor. Francis David Langhorne Astor, CH (5 March 1912 – 7 December 2001) was an English newspaper publisher, editor of The Observer at the height of its circulation and influence, and member of the Astor family, "the landlords of New York".
Dec 12, 2001 · David Astor, who as editor for 27 years of Britain's oldest Sunday newspaper, The Observer, built it up into a respected and successful advocate for liberal causes but later...
Dec 13, 2001 · Francis David Langhorne Astor, a gentleman editor, died on December 7th, aged 89. Dec 13th 2001 |. Guardian. FOR several generations the primary concern of the Astor family was to make money....
Jun 3, 2019 · Yet they fail to acknowledge the crucial role played by his friend, David Astor, in Orwell’s final years and in the making of Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Dec 8, 2001 · David Astor, one of the most distinguished editors of The Observer, has died. He was 89.
Oct 23, 2020 · New catalogue: Archive of David Astor. The catalogue of newspaper editor and philanthropist David Astor is now complete and available online via Bodleian Archives and Manuscripts.
Dec 12, 2011 · FALMOUTH — David Astor, a cultural icon who produced one of Maine’s best-loved homegrown TV shows and inspired countless young people to pursue careers in music, died on Saturday. He was 92.
Feb 29, 2016 · David Astor by Jeremy Lewis review – definitive life of a Fleet Street great. A fine biography of the privileged amateur who gave the Observer its journalistic DNA in the postwar era. Robert ...
Dec 7, 2001 · Francis David Langhorne Astor, CH (5 March 1912 – 7 December 2001) was an English newspaper publisher, editor of The Observer at the height of its circulation and influence, and member of the Astor family, "the landlords of New York". Quick Facts The HonourableCH, Editor of The Observer ... The Honourable.
Feb 26, 2016 · Journalism and sanctity don’t often go together, but to his admirers David Astor, editor and effective proprietor of the Observer from 1948 to 1975, was a sort of secular saint: a beacon of...
