Brian MacArthur (5 February 1940 – 24 March 2019) was a British newspaper editor.

Early life

MacArthur studied at Brentwood School, Helsby Grammar School and the

University of Leeds , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...

Career

In 1962, he entered journalism, his first job being at the ''

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''. After two years, he moved to Manchester to work on the ''

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'', and he then worked at ''

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'' for a year before joining The Times in 1967 where he was Education Correspondent and then founder editor of the ''Times Higher Education Supplement'' in 1971. He stood down in 1976 to become News Editor of The Times and was Deputy Editor of the Evening Standard from 1978 to 1979. His next post was Chief Assistant to the Editor of the ''

Sunday Times ''The Sunday Times'' is a British newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as ''The New Observer''. It is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News UK, wh ...

'', then after a year at ''

The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper '' The Sunday Times'' ...

'', he was appointed joint Deputy Editor of the ''Sunday Times''. He left in 1984 to become Editor of the ''

Western Morning News The ''Western Morning News'' is a daily regional newspaper founded in 1860, and covering the West Country including Devon, Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and parts of Somerset and Dorset in the South West of England. Organisation The ''Western ...

'', but returned to London in 1986 to becoming the founding Editor-in-Chief of ''

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''. One year later, he returned to the ''Sunday Times'' as Executive Editor, moving back to ''The Times'' in 1991. From 2006 to 2010, he was Assistant Editor of ''

The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally. It was f ...

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, '' Who's Who'' MacArthur also wrote and edited several books on historical and journalistic themes, including ''Eddy Shah: Today and the Newspaper Revolution'', ''Deadline Sunday'', ''Surviving the Sword'' and ''For King and Country'' and edited The Penguin Book of Modern Speeches. MacArthur died of leukaemia on 24 March 2019.

Honours

In 1997 MacArthur was awarded an honorary MA by the Open University, and in 2011 he received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from

Plymouth University The University of Plymouth is a public research university based predominantly in Plymouth, England, where the main campus is located, but the university has campuses and affiliated colleges across South West England. With students, it is the ...

. MacArthur was interviewed by

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(C467/11) in 2007 for the 'Oral History of the British Press' collection held by the British Library.National Life Stories, 'MacArthur, Brian (1 of 5) National Life Stories Collection: 'Oral History of the British Press', The British Library Board, 2007
Retrieved 10 October 2017.

References

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