G. E. R. Gedye (1890-1970) was a journalist and one the most famous
foreign corrrespondents of the twentieth-century. In the words of
Hugh Greene, 'That Gedye was the greatest British foreign
correspondent of the inter-war years can hardly be disputed. By his
style and personality he contributed a great deal to the aura of
romance which surrounded the profession at that period'.
Gedye was most famously associated with Central Europe, being based
in Vienna from 1925 to 1939. Before that he was in Cologne at the
time of the Ruhr occupation by the French. In the Second World War
he was in Prague before being employed on special military duties
in the Middle East. After the war, he returned to Vienna. He
retired in 1961.
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