Background
Irvine, Magnus Keith was born on August 7, 1924 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Son of Frederick Robert and Dorothy Stuart Campbell (Gilchrist) Irvine.
Irvine, Magnus Keith was born on August 7, 1924 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Son of Frederick Robert and Dorothy Stuart Campbell (Gilchrist) Irvine.
Student, University Manchester, England, 1941—1942. Student, University London, 1942. Student, University Edinburgh, Scotland, 1946—1947.
Student, Sorbonne, Paris, 1947—1948.
Assistant to state director American Foundation Political Education, New York City, 1956—1958. Research director Ghana Mission to United Nations, 1958—1969. Principal editor geography Encyclopedia British, Chicago, 1969—1973.
General editor encyclopedias Scholarly Press Inc., St. Clair Shores, Michigan, 1973—1975. President Reference Publications Inc., Algonac, since 1975. Served with British Royal Navy, 1943-1946.
Married Marie Aline Hekimian Irvine, April 9, 1949. Children: Mary Lilian, Marie Dominique, Madeline Maya, John David.