Clare Hollingworth | |
|---|---|
 Saigon, 1968 | |
| Born | 10 October 1911 |
| Died | 10 January 2017 (aged 105) |
| Resting place | St. Margaret of Antioch, Bygrave, Hertfordshire, England |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 1939–1981 |
| Known for | Being the first journalist to report the outbreak of World War II |
| Spouses | Vandeleur Robinson
(m. 1936; div. 1951)Geoffrey Hoare
(m. 1951; died 1965) |
Clare Hollingworth OBE (10 October 1911 – 10 January 2017) was an English journalist and author. She was the first war correspondent to report the outbreak of World War II, described as "the scoop of the century".[1] As a rookie reporter for The Daily Telegraph in 1939, while travelling from Poland to Germany, she spotted and reported German forces massed on the Polish border; The Daily Telegraph headline read: "1,000 tanks massed on Polish border"; three days later she was the first to report the German invasion of Poland.[2]
Hollingworth was appointed OBE by Elizabeth II for "services to journalism" in 1982.[3] She died on 10 January 2017 at the age of 105.[4][5][6]
- ^ "Clare Hollingworth: British war correspondent dies aged 105". BBC News. 10 January 2017.
- ^ Fox, Margalit (10 January 2017). "Clare Hollingworth, Reporter Who Broke News of World War II, Dies at 105". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Who was Clare Hollingworth and what was her 'scoop of the century'?". Metro. 10 October 2017.
- ^ "Celebrated war reporter Clare Hollingworth dies aged 105". The Guardian. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "Legendary War Correspondent Clare Hollingworth Dies at 105". Time. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ Connor, Neil; Fenton, Anna Healy; Rothwell, James; Foster, Peter (10 January 2017). "Clare Hollingworth dies aged 105: Telegraph correspondent who broke the news of World War II passes away in Hong Kong". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 8 February 2021.