Adburgham, Alison

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Name (Latin)
Adburgham, Alison
Date of birth
1912-01-28
Date of death
1997-05-23
Gender
female
Biographical or Historical Data
b. 1912
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 44282762
Wikidata: Q20777079
Library of congress: n 50037551
Sources of Information
  • Author's A Punch history of manners and modes, 1961.
Wikipedia description:

Alison Adburgham (28 January 1912 – 23 May 1997) was an English journalist, author and social historian, best known for her work as fashion editor of The Guardian newspaper, a position she held for 20 years. Along with Prudence Glynn of The Times and Alison Settle of The Observer, she pioneered British fashion journalism in a broadsheet national newspaper; as a bylined columnist, influencing public perception of trends in clothing, the industry itself. She also wrote several books on social history.

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