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Francis David Langhorne Astor, CH (5 March 1912 – 7 December 2001) was an English newspaper publisher, editor of The Observer at the height of its circulation and influence, and member of the Astor family, "the landlords of New York".
Em 1946, o editor David Astor emprestou a George Orwell uma afastada fazenda escocesa na qual pudesse escrever seu novo livro, “1984”. O editor do semanário britânico “The Observer”, Robert McCrum, conta história da torturante estadia de Orwell na ilha onde prestes a morrer engajou-se numa corrida febril para terminar o livro
13 de dez. de 2001 · Francis David Langhorne Astor, a gentleman editor, died on December 7th, aged 89. Dec 13th 2001 |. Guardian. FOR several generations the primary concern of the Astor family was to make money....
3 de jun. de 2019 · It was Cyril Connolly who introduced Orwell to fellow old-Etonian, millionaire, and editor David Astor in 1941 – and after Orwell’s wife Eileen died suddenly in 1945, he arguably became the most important influence on his life.
12 de dez. de 2001 · David Astor, who as editor for 27 years of Britain's oldest Sunday newspaper, The Observer, built it up into a respected and successful advocate for liberal causes but later presided over...
David Astor held an active interest in many areas, including organic farming, psychoanalysis, the Middle East, peace studies and prison reform, and most the campaign for the release of Myra Hindley.
26 de fev. de 2016 · Journalism and sanctity don’t often go together, but to his admirers David Astor, editor and effective proprietor of the Observer from 1948 to 1975, was a sort of secular saint: a beacon of ...
