Arthur Gavshon

Arthur Gavshon was born on 28 August 1916 in Johannesburg, South Africa.[1] His parents were Lithuanian Jewish refugees.[1][2]

Gavshon was educated at the Pretoria Boys High School.[1]

Gavshon began his career at Express, a newspaper based in Johannesburg.[2] He was also the associate editor of Libertas, a magazine opposed to the National Party's non-interventionist policy during World War II.[2] After serving in the South African Army in Italy and North Africa during the war, he joined the Associated Press in 1945.[1] He was the AP's London correspondent from 1947 to 1960, and later worked in Washington, D.C. as well as the AP's European correspondent.[2] He retired in 1981.[2]

Gavshon was the author of three books of investigative journalism.[1] He was a critic of apartheid.[2]

Gavshon married Audrey Ross in Hampstead, London in 1954.[1][3] He was related to journalist Anton Harber.[2] They had three daughters, Laura T Gavshon in 1955,[4] Helena K Gavshon in 1957,[5] and Evelyn A Gavshon in 1960.[6] He died on 24 July 1995 in London.[1]

• Gavshon, Arthur (1962). The Last Days of Dag Hammarskjold. New York: Walker and Company. OCLC 1373025.
• Gavshon, Arthur (1981). Crisis in Africa: Battleground of East and West. London, U.K.: Penguin Books. ISBN 9780140222395. OCLC 164625522.
• Gavshon, Arthur; Rice, Desmond (1984). The sinking of the Belgrano. Sevenoaks, U.K.: Hodder & Stoughton. OCLC 954576683.