Gellner, John

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Gellner, John
Date of birth
1907-05-18
Date of death
2001-04-27
Associated country
Canada
Czechoslovakia
Occupation
Armed Forces--Officers
Journalists
Lawyers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 103126066
Wikidata: Q50170033
Library of congress: n 50018277
Sources of Information
  • Czechs and Slovaks in Canada, 1968:title page (John Gellner) back flap of dust jacket (born in Trieste; educated in Czechoslovakia; holds doctor of law from Masaryk University; practiced as an attorney in Czechoslovakia until the German occupation in 1939, when he fled to Canada; joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940; retired as Wing Commander in 1958; author of many articles on defence and Eastern European affairs, and for four years has been the editor of the political monthly, Commentator)
  • John Gellner page (John Gellner; born 18 May 1907 in Trieste, Italy; died 27 April 2001; author and journalist ( (The Canadian Encyclopedia WWW site, November 14, 2018:) )
  • His Problems of Canadian defence, 1958.
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