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James Garvin
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Born in Birmingham, West Midlands
Born on 12th of April 1868
Died on 23rd of January 1947

Born 1868. Died 1947 - English journalist.

Editor of the Observer from 1908 to 1942. Edited the 14th edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

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