The Observer

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The Observer

NEWSPAPER

English Sunday newspaper, established 1791. Owned by The Guardian since 1993.

Official Website:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Martin Amis Author 25-Aug-1949 The Rachel Papers

Robert O. Anderson Business 13-Apr-1917 2-Dec-2007 CEO of ARCO, 1966-86

William Waldorf Astor Publisher 31-Mar-1848 18-Oct-1919 The Observer

Julian Barnes Novelist 19-Jan-1946 Flaubert's Parrot

Cyril Connolly Critic 10-Sep-1903 26-Nov-1974 Enemies of Promise

Robert Harris Author 7-Mar-1957 Fatherland

Michael Ignatieff Author 12-May-1947 Blood and Belonging

Andrew Marr Journalist 31-Jul-1959 BBC Political Editor, 2000-05

Conor Cruise O'Brien Author 3-Nov-1917 18-Dec-2008 Irish Parliamentarian and Scholar

Alan Rusbridger Editor 29-Dec-1953 Editor of The Guardian

A. J. P. Taylor Historian 25-Mar-1906 7-Sep-1990 The Origins of the Second World War

Kenneth Tynan Critic 2-Apr-1927 26-Jul-1980 British theatre critic

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