Cowles, Virginia
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Name (Hebrew)
קואלס, וירג'יניה
Name (Latin)
Cowles, Virginia
Other forms of name
Crawley, Virginia Spencer Cowles
Cowles, Virginia Spencer
קולס, וירג'יניה
קאלאס, וירג'יניה
Date of birth
1910-08-24
1912-08-24
Date of death
1983-09-17
1983-09-16
Place of birth
United States
Associated country
Great Britain
United States
Field of activity
Biography
Journalism
Travel writing
Occupation
Biographers
Journalists
Travel writers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
Fuller form of name
Harriet Virginia Spencer
Biographical or Historical Data
מקום לידה: ארצות-הברית
מקום לידה: United States of America
תאריך לידה: 24.8.1912
גרה בלונדון משנות ה- 1930.
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Virginia Cowles ((Harriet) Virginia Spencer Cowles OBE (August 24, 1910 - September 17, 1983) was an American journalist, biographer, and travel writer. During her long career, Cowles went from covering fashion, to covering the Spanish Civil War, the turbulent period in Europe leading up to World War II, and the entire war. Her service as a correspondent was recognized by the British government with an OBE in 1947. After the war, she published a number of critically acclaimed biographies of historical figures. In 1983, while traveling with her husband, she was killed in an automobile accident which left him severely injured. ( (Wikipedia, viewed January 07, 2024:) )
- Mackrell, Judith. The correspondents, 2023:back cover (Virginia Cowles, a "society girl columnist" turned combat reporter) page xii (Virginia Cowles' Looking for Trouble)
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- The Author's מפקד הרפאים, 1983.
- Record enhanced with data from Bibliography of the Hebrew Book database
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(Harriet) Virginia Spencer Cowles (August 24, 1910 – September 17, 1983) was an American journalist, biographer, and travel writer. During her long career, Cowles went from covering fashion, to covering the Spanish Civil War, the turbulent period in Europe leading up to World War II, and the entire war. Her service as a correspondent was recognized by the British government with an OBE in 1947. After the war, she published a number of critically acclaimed biographies of historical figures. In 1983, while traveling with her husband, she was killed in an automobile accident which left him severely injured.
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