George Geoffrey Dawson was editor of The Times from 1912 to 1919 and again from 1923 until 1941.
10 Facts About Geoffrey Dawson
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Geoffrey Dawson chose a career in civil service, entering in 1898 by open examination.
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Later the same year Geoffrey Dawson obtained a similar position with Lord Milner, high commissioner in South Africa.
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Geoffrey Dawson persuaded the owners of the Johannesburg Star to appoint Dawson as the paper's editor.
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Geoffrey Dawson later parlayed this post into a position as the Johannesburg correspondent of The Times in February 1911; and then attracted the attention of Lord Northcliffe, owner of The Times, who appointed him editor of the paper in July 1912.
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Geoffrey Dawson was unhappy with the way that Northcliffe used the paper as an instrument to further his own personal political agenda and broke with him, stepping down as editor in February 1919.
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Geoffrey Dawson became a leader of a group of journalists that sought to influence national policy by private correspondence with leading statesmen.
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Geoffrey Dawson was close to both Stanley Baldwin and Neville Chamberlain.
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Geoffrey Dawson was a prominent proponent and supporter of appeasement policies, after Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany.
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Geoffrey Dawson retired in September 1941 and died on 7 November 1944 in London.