Arthur Henry Mann (journalist)
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Arthur Henry Mann
Journalism
Born in Warwick, Mann began his career with the Western Mail in Cardiff.
In 1919, he became editor of The Yorkshire Post. Under his editorship, the paper helped precipitate Edward VIII's abdication by breaking the press silence over the King's actions and publishing criticism of the King by the Bishop of Bradford.[1] He opposed Neville Chamberlain's policy of appeasement, with the aid of his leader writer Charles Tower who had lived in Berlin.[1][2]
As an editor, according to the
He resigned from The Yorkshire Post in 1939 following repeated run-ins with the owners, when they decided to merge the paper with the Leeds Mercury.
He was chairman of the
Later career
He was a governor of the
Personal life, honours and death
In 1898, he married Aida Maggi, from Cardiff. After her death, in 1948 he married Alice Mabel Wright.
While on the Western Mail he played cricket for Glamorgan County Cricket Club, and reached near-county standard.[1][2] Later he turned to golf.
He twice declined a knighthood in the 1920s, believing it might interfere with his journalism.
He had one son Eric Peter Wright who died in 2005, a grand son Christopher Wright, and three great granddaughters Isabella, Rowan, and Adeline.
Mann died in Folkestone, Kent, England on 23 July 1972.
References
External links
- Luckhurst, Tim (2016). "A sovereign editor: Arthur Mann's Yorkshire Post and its crusade against appeasement, 1938-1939". The International Journal of Communication Ethics. 13 (4): 29–39.