Percy Elland

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Percy Elland (7 October 1908–3 March 1960) was an English newspaper editor.

Born in Doncaster, Elland attended Doncaster Grammar School before entering journalism.^[1] In 1952, he became editor of the Evening Standard, serving until 1959, but making few changes to the title. He then became a director and managing editor of the Standard, but died the following year.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Who was who, vol. 5 (1961), p.343

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Preceded by Bert Gunn	Editor of the Evening Standard 1952–1959	Succeeded by Charles Wintour

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Date of birth	1908
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Date of death	1960
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