Arthur Cranfield
Arthur Leslie Cranfield (19 June 1892 – 9 October 1957) was a
newspaper editor
.
Born in
Evening News.[1]
In 1926, Cranfield was appointed as the first editor-in-chief of the
Press Association. Two years later, he returned to the Evening News as assistant editor, then held the same post at the Daily Mail from 1930 to 1935, when he was chosen as the paper's editor. In 1939, he instead became managing editor of the Evening Standard, then in 1941 moved to become editor of The Star.[1]
Cranfield retired in 1957, and died later in the year.[1]
References
- ^ Who Was Who