Dunnett, Alastair, 1908-1989
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Name (Latin)
Dunnett, Alastair, 1908-1989
Other forms of name
Dunnett, Alastair M., 1908-1989
Dunnett, Alastair MacTavish, 1908-
Date of birth
1908-12-26
Date of death
1998-09-02
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
Editor of the Daily record
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- Information from 678 field, converted 2014-04-16(Editor of the Daily record)
- Sir Alastair MacTavish Dunnett (26 December 1908 - 2 September 1998) was a Scottish journalist and newspaper editor. He edited The Daily Record newspaper for nine years and The Scotsman newspaper from 1956 to 1972. In 1975 he became chairman of Thomson Scottish Petroleum and was much involved in the establishment of the oil terminal at Flotta in Orkney. From the 1950s to the 1980s he was involved in many Scottish cultural activities including being governor of the Pitlochry Festival Theatre (1958-1984 ( (Wikipedia, viewed Nov. 28, 2017) )
- His Quest by canoe, 1950.
- His End of term, 1989:CIP t.p. (Alastair Dunnett)