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John Eric Langdon-Davies MBE (18 March 1897 – 5 December 1971) was a British author and journalist. He was a war correspondent during the Spanish Civil War and the Soviet-Finnish War. As a result of his experiences in Spain, he founded the Foster Parents' Scheme for refugee children in Spain, which is now the aid organisation Plan International. Author of books on military, scientific, historical and Spanish (including Catalan) subjects, Langdon-Davies has been described as "an accomplished war correspondent" and "a brilliant populariser of science and technology".

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  • John Eric Langdon-Davies MBE (18 March 1897 – 5 December 1971) was a British author and journalist. He was a war correspondent during the Spanish Civil War and the Soviet-Finnish War. As a result of his experiences in Spain, he founded the Foster Parents' Scheme for refugee children in Spain, which is now the aid organisation Plan International. Author of books on military, scientific, historical and Spanish (including Catalan) subjects, Langdon-Davies has been described as "an accomplished war correspondent" and "a brilliant populariser of science and technology". (en)
  • John Langdon-Davies (Eshowe, KwaZoeloe-Natal, 18 maart 1897 - 1971) was een Zuid-Afrikaans-Brits non-fictie-auteur, journalist en oorlogscorrespondent. Hij versloeg en schreef over onder meer de Spaanse Burgeroorlog en de Winteroorlog. Langdon-Davies was daarnaast een van de oprichters van Plan International. Hij studeerde aan de Universiteit van Oxford maar kon zijn studie niet afmaken. Hij trouwde met Constance Scott, die geschiedenis studeerde aan Somerville College (Oxford), in 1918. (nl)
  • John Langdon-Davies fou periodista, corresponsal de guerra, escriptor i promotor cultural català. Va ser un dels primers corresponsals, que escrivia com a testimoni directe dels fets que veia i defensor d'aquest mètode front als que escrivien sobre altres països des de Londres. (ca)
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