Hugh Greene
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1910 – 1987
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Who was Hugh Greene?
Sir Hugh Carleton Greene KCMG, OBE was a British journalist and television executive. He was the Director-General of the BBC from 1960―1969, and is generally credited with modernising an organisation that had fallen behind in the wake of the launch of ITV in 1955. He was the brother of Graham Greene, the English novelist.
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- Born
- Nov 15, 1910
Berkhamsted - Also known as
- Hugh Carleton Greene
- Sir Hugh Carleton Greene
- Hugh Carleton
- Sir Hugh Greene
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- England
- Profession
- Education
- Merton College, Oxford
- Employment
- British Broadcasting Corporation
- Died
- Feb 19, 1987
City of Westminster
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on July 23, 2013
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