Maurice Green (journalist)
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8 December 1906
Maurice Green | |
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| Born | James Maurice Spurgeon Green 8 December 1906 Padiham, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 19 July 1987 (aged 80) Winchester, Hampshire, England |
| Education | Rugby School |
| Alma mater | University College, Oxford |
| Employer(s) | Financial News The Times The Daily Telegraph |
| Spouses | Pearl Oko
(m. 1930; died 1934)Janet Grace Norie (m. 1936) |
| Children | 2 |
(James) Maurice Spurgeon Green (Born in Padiham, Lancashire, England, 8 December 1906 - 19 July 1987) was a British journalist and newspaper editor. He was one of the two sons of Lieutenant-Colonel James Edward Green, and his wife, Constance Ingraham-Johnson.[1]
Green attended Rugby School and University College, Oxford, gaining a half-blue in chess, before becoming a journalist on the Financial News. He was awarded double first-class degree in Greats and was counted among the most brilliant of his generation. He quickly made an impact, and was appointed editor in 1934. With Otto Clarke, he devised the Financial News 30-share index, which later served as the basis for the FTSE 100. In 1938, he became Financial and Industrial Editor of The Times.