Claud Cockburn(1904-1981)
- Writer
Educated at Universities of Oxford, Budapest & Berlin. Became New York
& Washington correspondent for The Times newspaper in 1929. Resigned in
1933 to found his own news-sheet The Week, which achieved notoriety.
Fought on Republican side in Spanish civil war, and was diplomatic
correspondent for the Daily Worker. Has written short stories &
articles for New Statesman, The Saturday Evening Post, Hibernia &
Private Eye Moved to Ireland in 1947.