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William Boyd Dickinson was born on 8 May, 1908 in Kansas City, Missouri, is an American journalist. Discover William Boyd Dickinson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?
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Journalist |
| Age |
70 years old |
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Taurus |
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8 May, 1908 |
| Birthday |
8 May |
| Birthplace |
Kansas City, Missouri |
| Date of death |
12 September, 1978 |
| Died Place |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality |
United States
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William Boyd Dickinson Height, Weight & Measurements
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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William Boyd Dickinson Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is William Boyd Dickinson worth at the age of 70 years old? William Boyd Dickinson’s income source is mostly from being a successful journalist. He is from United States. We have estimated William Boyd Dickinson's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
William Boyd Dickinson Jr. (May 18, 1908 – September 12, 1978) was United States war correspondent for United Press International during World War II.
He was born into a family with a tradition of writing and public service.
His father, William B. Dickinson, Sr. was an attorney and his mother, Alice Hillman Dickinson, in 1927 became one of the first two women elected to a school board in the state of Missouri.
His uncle was the noted Pittsburgh physician and medical author Breese M. Dickinson and another uncle, Cedric Dickinson, was a Canadian journalist.
Dickinson began his journalistic career as a reporter at The Kansas City Star after graduation from the University of Kansas in 1929.
In 1930 he joined UPI in Kansas City.
He was sent to London in 1940 to cover the Blitz and remained there as news editor until early 1944 when he was assigned to the Southwest Pacific.
He flew with MacArthur from Okinawa to Tokyo to witness the surrender of Japan aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63) in 1945.
He reported from Australia, the Pacific Islands and Japan until 1946.
Dickinson was the first to report many wartime events and the only reporter to land on Leyte from the same landing barge as Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
In 1948 he married journalist and author Joan Younger.
Dickinson had three brothers: attorney and school board president Jacob Alan Dickinson, attorney Martin Brownlow Dickinson and Army Lt. General Hillman Dickinson.
His son is journalist and editor William B. Dickinson.
From 1949, he was successively news editor, managing editor and executive editor of the Philadelphia Bulletin until his retirement in 1973, by which time the newspaper had reached the then highest circulation in its history.
In 1963 he risked a contempt sentence and jail for refusing to divulge a reporter's news sources.
Under his editorial management the newspaper won Pulitzer Prizes in 1964 and 1965.
Dickinson was well known for his opposition to attempts by courts to limit reporting of pretrial news.
In 1972 Dickinson was part of the first group of American editors to enter China since the Communist takeover in 1949, about which he wrote a book, "China Today".
From 1975 to 1977 he served on the U.S. Privacy Protection Study Commission examining the threat to personal privacy from the increased use of computerized data processing.
