Cockburn, Claud, 1904-1981
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found: His In time of trouble, 1956.
found: His Cockburn in Spain, 1986:p. 11 (Claud Cockburn's death in 1981)
found: Dict. of nat. biog., 1981-1985(Cockburn, (Francis) Claud; 1904-1981; author and journalist; b. at Brit. embassy in Peking, Apr. 12, 1904; educ. in Britain; reported from U.S., 1929-1932; reported for Daily worker on Spanish Civil War, using pseud. Frank Pitcairn; d. Dec. 15, 1981 in Cork)
found: Wikipedia, 16 October 2017(Claud Cockburn; Francis Claud Cockburn 12 April 1904-15 December 1981) was an Anglo-Scots journalist; lived at Brook Lodge, Youghal, County Cork, Ireland; was born in Peking (present-day Beijing), China, on 12 April 1904; was educated at Berkhamsted School, Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, and Keble College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts; became a journalist with the Times ... started his own newsletter The Week; Under the name Frank Pitcairn, Cockburn contributed to the British communist newspaper, the Daily Worker; Among his novels were Beat the Devil (originally under the pseudonym James Helvick), The horses, Ballantyne's folly and Jericho Road)
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