John Gordon (journalist)
John Rutherford Gordon (8 December 1890 – 9 December 1974) was a
newspaper editor and columnist
.
Born in
At the end of the war, Gordon took work with the Princess Margaret. This proved popular, and Gordon retained it as a regular feature – the first regular newspaper horoscope.[1]
In 1952, Gordon was made editor-in-chief of the paper, and all real editorial power was removed from him. He instead focussed on writing a
current events.[1] In one column in 1953 he criticised Sir John Gielgud, who had been fined £10 by magistrates for importuning, and saw the incident as an example of "moral rot" and suggested such "social lepers" should be completely ignored.[2]
References
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Obituary: Sir John Gielgud, OM, telegraph.co.uk, 23 May 2000