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Philip Short

b. 1945

British journalist and author

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Born 1945. Philip Short is a British journalist, writer, biographer, opinion journalist and foreign correspondent.

Philip Short (born 17 April 1945) is a British journalist and author.

Early life and education Short was born in Bristol. He was educated at Sherborne School, a boarding public school for boys, in the market town of Sherborne in Dorset, followed by Queens' College, Cambridge.

Short presented a TV documentary on Mao Zedong entitled Mao's Bloody Revolution Revealed on the UK terrestrial station Five in May 2007.

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Who is Philip Short?

British journalist and author

When was Philip Short born?

Philip Short was born on 17 April 1945 in Bristol.

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Philip Short is a journalist, writer, biographer, opinion journalist and foreign correspondent.

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Philip Short is British.

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· Wikipedia: Philip Short

· Wikidata: Q1796614

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