Crozier

WILLIAM PERCIVAL CROZIER (1879 - 1944)

The celebrated journalist was born in Stanhope, the son of a Wesleyan minister. He joined the Manchester Guardian under C.P. Scott in 1903, and became his right-hand man in charge of news-gathering and make-up as he helped him to modernise the paper to meet the challenge of the 'new journalism'. He succeeded Ted Scott in 1932.

Crozier was a scholar-journalist and wrote two novels set in Roman times. He wrote a good deal for the paper himself in a style influenced by Bunyan and the Bible, and waged a constant war against jargon and verbiage. He brought renown to the paper by his exposure, with his foreign correspondent F.A. Voight, of the Nazi persecutions to which many British newspapers were blind. He also advocated a Jewish national home.

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WILLIAM PERCIVAL CROZIER (1879 - 1944) The celebrated journalist was born in Stanhope, the son of a Wesleyan minister. He joined the Manchester Guardian under C.P. Scott in 1903, and became his right-hand man in charge of news-gathering and make-up as he helped him to modernise the paper to meet the challenge of the 'new journalism'. He succeeded Ted Scott in 1932. Crozier was a scholar-journalist and wrote two novels set in Roman times. He wrote a good deal for the paper himself in a style influenced by Bunyan and the Bible, and waged a constant war against jargon and verbiage. He brought renown to the paper by his exposure, with his foreign correspondent F.A. Voight, of the Nazi persecutions to which many British newspapers were blind. He also advocated a Jewish national home.
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