Arthur Leslie Gavshon (28 August 1916 – 24 July 1995) was a London-based South African journalist. He was a reporter for the

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, and the author of three books of

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Early life

Arthur Gavshon was born on 28 August 1916 in

Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Dem ...

, South Africa. His parents were

Lithuanian Jewish Lithuanian Jews or Litvaks () are Jews with roots in the territory of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania (covering present-day Lithuania, Belarus, Latvia, the northeastern Suwałki and Białystok regions of Poland, as well as adjacent area ...

refugees. Gavshon was educated at the

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Career

Gavshon began his career at ''Express'', a newspaper based in Johannesburg. He was also the associate editor of ''Libertas'', a magazine opposed to the National Party's non-interventionist policy during World War II. After serving in the South African Army in Italy and North Africa during the war, he joined the

in 1945. He was the AP's London correspondent from 1947 to 1960, and later worked in Washington, D.C. as well as the AP's European correspondent. He retired in 1981. Gavshon was the author of three books of

. He was a critic of

apartheid Apartheid (, especially South African English: , ; , "aparthood") was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. Apartheid was ...

Personal life and death

Gavshon married Audrey Ross in Hampstead, London in 1954. He was related to journalist Anton Harber. They had three daughters, Laura T Gavshon in 1955, Helena K Gavshon in 1957, and Evelyn A Gavshon in 1960. He died on 24 July 1995 in London.

Selected works

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References

1916 births 1995 deaths Jewish South African anti-apartheid activists South African people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent People from Johannesburg Journalists from London South African investigative journalists South African emigrants to the United Kingdom White South African anti-apartheid activists Associated Press reporters South African military personnel of World War II {{SouthAfrica-bio-stub