Richard Gott | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Gott in 2013 | |
| Born | Richard Willoughby Gott 28 October 1938 Aston Tirrold, Berkshire Downs, England, UK |
| Education | Winchester College, Hampshire (independent boarding school) |
| Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
| Organization | The Guardian |
| Known for | Journalist, historian, author |
| Spouses | Josephine Ann Johnson
(m. 1966)Vivien Jane Ashley (m. 2005) |
Richard Willoughby Gott (born 28 October 1938)[1] is a British journalist and historian. A former Latin America correspondent and features editor for the British newspaper The Guardian, he is known for his radical politics and a connection to Che Guevara. Gott resigned from The Guardian in 1994, after senior KGB defector Oleg Gordievsky accused him of having been a Soviet "agent of influence", a tag Gott at the time denied.[2]
- ^ Winchester College: A Register. Edited by P.S.W.K. McClure and R.P. Stevens, on behalf of the Wardens and Fellows of Winchester College. 7th edition, 2014. pp. 271 (Short Half 1952 list heading) & 275 (entry for Richard Gott). Published by Winchester College, Hampshire.
- ^ Donegan, Lawrence. Spy-watchers split on KGB's pounds 10,000", The Guardian, 12 December 1994