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Occupation. Legislator, author, entrepreneur. William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook PC, ONB (25 May 1879 – 9 June 1964), generally known as Lord Beaverbrook ("Max" to his close circle), was a Canadian-British newspaper publisher and backstage politician who was an influential figure in British media and politics of the first half of ...
Sir John William Maxwell Aitken, 2nd Baronet, DSO, DFC (15 February 1910 – 30 April 1985), briefly 2nd Baron Beaverbrook in 1964, was a Canadian-British fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War, a Conservative politician, and press baron.
William Max Aitken, 1º barone di Beaverbrook (Toronto, 25 maggio 1879 – Surrey, 9 giugno 1964), è stato un editore e politico britannico. Concepì il giornalismo come evasione e provocazione, dando alla vita mondana il sapore di una favola popolare, alla politica quello di un attacco personale, alla cronaca quello di un dramma ...
17 mar 2024 · Sir Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook was a financier in Canada, politician and newspaper proprietor in Great Britain, one of three persons (the others were Winston Churchill and John Simon) to sit in the British cabinet during both World Wars. An idiosyncratic and successful journalist, he.
28 mag 2008 · William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, financier, politician, author, publisher (b at Maple, Ont 25 May 1879; d at Cherkley, Mickleham, Eng 9 June 1964). The son of a Presbyterian minister, Beaverbrook later claimed that his religion lay at the root of his worldly success.
Lord Beaverbrook died on June 9, 1964 just two weeks after his eighty-fifth birthday. His ashes are in the plinth a bust of his likeness by Oscar Nemon which is located in Newcastle Town Square. Max Aitken Academy, established in 2016 and located in Newcastle, was named in Lord Beaverbrook’s honour.
19 nov 2018 · This article offers a brief survey of the Canadian-born newspaper baron, Max Aitken, later known as Lord Beaverbrook, and his role in World War I. In 1916, Aitken created the Canadian War Records Office to promote the achievements of the Canadian Expeditionary Force.
