Maurice Green (journalist)
Maurice Green | |
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Born | James Maurice Spurgeon Green 8 December 1906 |
Spouses | Pearl Oko
(m. 1930; died 1934)Janet Grace Norie (m. 1936) |
Children | 2 |
(James) Maurice Spurgeon Green (Born in
Early life
Green attended
Later life
During World War II served as an officer with the Royal Artillery.[1]
He was released from the army in 1944 and returned to The Times, earning a promotion to Assistant Editor in 1953. In 1961, he was appointed Assistant Editor of the
Following his retirement, Green continued to write for the Telegraph, and served as President of the
Personal life
He married first, on 15 January 1930, Pearl Oko of Cincinnati, Ohio, who died in 1934. On 14 October 1936 he married Janet Grace Norie, daughter of Major-General C. E. M. Norie. They had two sons. He died on 19 July 1987 at Winchester, Hampshire.
References
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography