James Louis Garvin
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James Louis Garvin (April 12, 1868 - January 23, 1947) was a British journalist who edited both the Pall Mall Gazette (1912-1915) and The Observer (1908-42). He also wrote for the Sunday Express and The Daily Telegraph and was editor-in-chief of Encyclopædia Britannica (1926-1932).
In 1919 Garvin wrote an editorial in The Observer on the Treaty of Versailles saying "The Treaty left the Germans 'no real hope except in revenge'".[1]
He was also a member of the Coefficients dining club of social reformers set up in 1902 by the Fabian campaigners Sidney and Beatrice Webb.
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| Preceded by Frederick Higginbottom |
Editor of The Pall Mall Gazette 1912 - 1915 |
Succeeded by unknown |
| Preceded by Austin Harrison |
Editor of The Observer 1908 - 1942 |
Succeeded by Ivor Brown |
