Ian Colvin

Ian Colvin, actually Ian Duncan Colvin, (* September 29, 1877, † May 10, 1938 ) was an English journalist and historian.

Life

After school and university Colvin began freelance writing for various newspapers and magazines. From 1909 he served, inter alia, as editor in chief for the London daily The Morning Post. In 1915 he was successful in his debut with his study " The Germans in England "; a paper on the influence of the Hanseatic League to the English economy.

1939 showed him the Nazi regime as a persona non grata. In the 50s and 60s Colvin was for the newspaper The Daily Telegraph as a foreign correspondent; in South Africa, Morocco and Lebanon. For more articles feuilletonistisch held Colvin used often also the pseudonym Rip Van Winkle.

With over sixty years Ian Colvin died on 10 May 1938.

The writer Clare Colvin is his daughter.

Writings (selection )

  • Carson. The statesman. Macmillan, New York City, 1935 ( 3 vols ).
  • The life of General Dyer. Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1929.
  • Cecil John Rhodes. 1853-1902 ( The people's books). Jack Publ, London, 1912.
  • The rise and fall of Moïse Tshombe. Frewin Press, London 1968.
  • Master spy. The incredible story of Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, who, while Hitler 's chief of intelligence, what a secretly ally of the British. McGraw- Hill, New York 1951.
  • After the Chinese. Peter Davies Books, London, 1927.
  • The Germans in England. From 1066 to 1598. Kennikat Press, Port Washington, N. Y. 1971, ISBN 0-8046-1213-7 ( Nachdr d ed London 1915).
  • The landscape of adventure. Being strange and notable discoveries, perils, shipwrecks, battles upon sea and land, with pleasant and interesting observations upon the country and the natives of the Cape of good hope ( The people's books). Jack Publ, London, 1912.
  • The origins of empire ( The Westminster Library). Allan Books, London, 1926.
  • Vansittart in office. An historical survey of the origins of the Scond World War, based on the papers of Sir Robert Vasittart. Gollancz, London 1965.
  • South Africa. Holland Press, London, 1951.
  • The Chamberlain Cabinet. How the meetings in 10 Downing Street, 1937/39 led to the Second World War. Gollancz, London 1971.
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