Angus McGill | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 November 1927 South Shields, County Durham, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 16 October 2015 (aged 87) United Kingdom |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Education | former Warehousemen, Clerks’ and Drapers’ School |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Angus McGill MBE (26 November 1927 – 16 October 2015) was an English journalist who made his name writing a humorous weekly column in the London Evening Standard, which ran for 30 years documenting all that was eccentric about London life. In 1968, with the illustrator Dominic Poelsma,[1] he also created a daily cartoon strip called Clive, later renamed Augusta.[2] McGill won the British Press Award as Descriptive Writer of the Year 1968[3] and was appointed MBE in 1990.[4]
- ^ "POELSMA Dominic b. 1936". Artist Biographies Ltd., 8 October 2003.
- ^ "McGILL, Angus ". Who's Who, 28 October 2017.
- ^ "British Press Awards 1968" Archived 8 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine. The Society of Editors National Press Awards.
- ^ "Supplement to The London Gazette, p14". The London Gazette, 30 December 1989.