About John Maurice Shaftesley
Lived 1901 – 1981 (aged 79–80). John Maurice Shaftesley was a British journalist.
John Maurice Shaftesley OBE (1901–1981) was an English journalist and writer, and editor of The Jewish Chronicle from 1946 to 1958.
Educated at Salford Grammar School, he soon began a career in journalism. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1956.
He was the uncle of American volcanologist David Richardson.
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British newspaper editor
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John Maurice Shaftesley was born in 1901.
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John Maurice Shaftesley died in 1981.
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John Maurice Shaftesley was a journalist.
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