Background
Gedye, George Eric Rowe was born on May 27, 1890 in Clevedon (Somerset), England. Son of George Edward and Lillie (Rowe) Gedye.
Gedye, George Eric Rowe was born on May 27, 1890 in Clevedon (Somerset), England. Son of George Edward and Lillie (Rowe) Gedye.
Educated Clarence School, Weston super Mare, 1899-1901, Queens College, Taunton, 1902-1907, London University, 1907.
One son, Robin. Began as insurance clerk, England, 1908. Insurance and banking, training for management with British American Tobacco Company, also fiction writing and free lance journalism to 1914. Special correspondent for London Times, Rhineland and Ruhr areas, 1922-1925, Central Europe, stationed in Vienna, 1926.
Central Europe correspondent for Daily Express, 1927-1929. Daily Telegraph, 1929-1938. Correspondent for New York Times, 1929-1943, Central and Southeastern Europe, 1929-1939, Moscow, 1939-1940, Turkey, 1940-1941.
Appointed correspondent for Central and Southeastern Europe, of London Daily Herald to 1950, for The Observer, London, 1950-1952. Central European correspondent Overseas News Agency 1951, Manchester Guardian, 1953-1954. Head evaluation section, Radio Free Europe, Munich, from 1954.
Vienna correspondent Radio Free Europe, 1956-1960. Special correspondent Manchester Guardian, from 1956.
Served British Army, 1914-1918. Fellow Institute Journalists (London). Member National Union Journalists, Newspaper Guild.
Club: Special Forces (London).
Married Liesel Bremer, 1922 (deceased). Married second, Alice Lepper (nee Mehler), 1948.