John Maurice Shaftesley Explained

John Maurice Shaftesley
Office:	Editor, The Jewish Chronicle
Term Start:	1946
Term End:	1958
Birth Date:	1901
Occupation:	Journalist, writer

John Maurice Shaftesley OBE (1901 - 1981) was an English journalist and writer, and editor of The Jewish Chronicle from 1946 to 1958.^{[1] [2]}

Educated at Salford Grammar School, he soon began a career in journalism. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1956.

He was the uncle of American volcanologist David Richardson.

External links

• Catalogue of Shaftesley's papers at University of Southampton

Notes and References

1. Web site: MS 230 Papers of J.M.Shaftesley . Southampton University Library . 24 July 2018.
2. Book: Rubinstein . William D. . The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History . 2011 . Palgrave Macmillan . 9781403939104 . 897 . https://books.google.com/books?id=hJc8afOZV0QC&q=john+maurice+shaftesley&pg=PA897 . Shaftesley, John Maurice.