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Harriet Virginia Spencer Cowles

Harriet Virginia Spencer Cowles

Female 1910 - 1983  (73 years)

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  • Name Harriet Virginia Spencer Cowles 
    Birth 24 Aug 1910  Brattleborough, Windham, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 16 Sep 1983  Biarritz, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Car Crash
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    • Daughter of Dr. Edward Spencer Cowles of 95 Park Avenue, New York, USA. Educated privately.

      Newspaper correspondent 1937-41, covering Spanish Civil War, The Russo-Finnish War, The European War. 1942 Special Assistant to American Ambassador in London. 1943-45 War
      Correspondent for the Sunday Times covering North Africa, Italy, Western Europe.

      Publications: Looking for Trouble, 1941; How America is Governed, 1944; No Cause for Alarm, 1949; Winston Churchill: The Era and The Man, 1953; Edward VII and His Circle, 1956; The Phantom Major, 1958; The Great Swindle, 1960; The Kaiser, 1963; The Defiant Swan Song, 1967; The Russian Dagger, 1969; The Romanoffs, 1971; The Rothschilds, 1973; The Last Tzar and Tzarina, 1977; The Astors, 1979.

    • (Harriet) Virginia Spencer Cowles OBE (August 24, 1910 – September 17, 1983[2]) was a noted 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. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Cowles
    Person ID I2288  Gibbs Family Tree
    Last Modified 25 Jan 2019 

    Family Aidan Merivale Crawley, MBE, TD,   b. 10 Apr 1908, Benenden, Kent Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Nov 1993, Banbury, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 30 Jul 1945 
    Children 
    +1. Andrew Hayward Crawley,   b. 21 Jun 1947, Marylebone, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1988, Turin, Torino, Piemonte, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
    +2. Harriet Spencer Crawley
    +3. Randall Stafford Crawley,   b. 14 Jul 1950, Westminster, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1988, Turin, Torino, Piemonte, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
    Family ID F1025  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Jul 2017 

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