David Gow (journalist)
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David Richard Gow (7 April 1945 – 3 November 2025) was a British journalist.
Gow was born in Edinburgh on 7 April 1945 to a Scottish father, Robin Gow, and an English mother, Eve Mumford.[1] He grew up in York and was educated at Worcester College, Oxford, where he studied French and German.[1][2]
In 1975, he contributed to the Red Paper on Scotland edited by Gordon Brown.[3] Throughout his career, he worked for a number of publications, including as Germany correspondent for The Guardian. He co-founded the Sceptical Scot website.[4]
Gow had an interest in European politics and was based in Bonn, Germany for the majority of his career.[5] He was a committed Europhile.[1]
Gow died from a heart attack on 3 November 2025 aged 80.[6]