Norman Eric Webster | |
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| Born | June 4, 1941 Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada |
Norman Eric Webster (born June 4, 1941) is a Canadian journalist and a former editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail and The Gazette.[1] He was one of the three western journalist in the Chinese capital Beijing during the Cultural Revolution in 1969.[2]
Born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, he was educated at Bishop's College School and received his B.A. from Bishop's University. He was a Rhodes Scholar at St John's College, Oxford. He took part in the 1962 Oxford-Cambridge Tour of Poland and Czechoslovakia and was awarded a Full Blue for ice hockey in 1963 and 1964. He went on to a distinguished career as a foreign correspondent, editor and columnist.
In 1995, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.[3]
References
- ^ "Norman Webster". The Gazette. Archived from the original on 1 September 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
- ^ Webster, N. (2009, October 02). Norman Webster, Sept. 30, 1969 - July 8, 1971. Retrieved November 03, 2020, from https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/norman-webster-sept-30-1969---july-8-1971/article1203350/
- ^ "Norman E. Webster, C.M., M.A., D.C.L." Order of Canada. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
See also
- List of Bishop's College School alumni