Muggeridge, Malcolm ___ 1903-1990 ___ British ___ writer

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Born in Croydon, London, with an MP for a father, Muggeridge attended Selwyn College, Cambridge, and then travelled to India to work as a teacher. In 1927, he returned to England and married Katherine (Kitty) Dobbs, worked for a few months as a teacher, and then moved to Egypt where he taught, and where he began writing journalistic articles. In 1932, he became foreign correspondent for the 'Manchester Guardian' in Moscow. After witnessing and writing about the Ukrainian famine, Muggeridge returned to India and became assistant editor for the 'Calcutta Statesman'. In 1936, his biography of Samuel Butler was published. During the war, he worked for the Army Intelligence Corps and MI5, serving in Mozambique, Italy and France, and after the war he was again a foreign correspondent, this time in Washington for the Daily Telegraph. Thereafter, he became popular on radio and television, and became a senior editor of the satirical magazine 'Punch'. During the 1960s, Muggeridge became increasingly religious, and this new focus coloured much of his writing and broadcasting. The British press christened him 'St Mugg'. Eventually, after interviewing and being wooed by many senior religious figures, Malcolm (and Kitty) became Roman Catholics in 1983. In his final years, Muggeridge was outspoken on moral and ethical issues, opposing birth control, abortion and euthanasia.
A biography link
Wikipedia bio

DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1932-1962 ___ political religious travel people self family Russia India

WEB TEXT LINKS
several extracts
many citations

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
Wheaton College: Archives and Special Collections
Stanford University, Hoover Institution on War Revolution and Peace

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
Like It Was: The Diaries of Malcolm Muggeridge
 

May 2005, July 2008, April 2013
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