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Percy Elland
Percy Elland (7 October 1908–3 March 1960) was an English people, English newspaper editor. Born in Doncaster, Elland attended Doncaster Grammar School before entering journalism.''Who was who, vol. 5'' (1961), p.343 In 1952, he became editor of the ''Evening Standard'', serving until 1959, but making few changes to the title. He then became a director and managing editor of the ''Standard'', but died the following year. References 1908 births 1960 deaths English newspaper editors English male journalists People from Doncaster London Evening Standard people {{Editor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English People
The English people are an ethnic group and nation native to England, who speak the English language, a West Germanic language, and share a common history and culture. The English identity is of Anglo-Saxon origin, when they were known in Old English as the ('race or tribe of the Angles'). Their ethnonym is derived from the Angles, one of the Germanic peoples who migrated to Great Britain around the 5th century AD. The English largely descend from two main historical population groups the West Germanic tribes (the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians) who settled in southern Britain following the withdrawal of the Romans, and the partially Romanised Celtic Britons already living there.Martiniano, R., Caffell, A., Holst, M. et al. Genomic signals of migration and continuity in Britain before the Anglo-Saxons. Nat Commun 7, 10326 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10326 Collectively known as the Anglo-Saxons, they founded what was to become the Kingdom of England by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
