William Percival Crozier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWilliam Percival Crozier
British journalist
Date of Birth: 01-Aug-1879
Place of Birth: Stanhope, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 16-Apr-1944
Profession: journalist
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About William Percival Crozier
- William Percival Crozier (1 August 1879 – 16 April 1944) was a British journalist and editor of the Manchester Guardian from 1932, when he succeeded Ted Scott, who had died in a sailing accident, until his death in 1944. Crozier was born at Stanhope in County Durham on 1 August 1879, the youngest son of Rev.
- Richard Crozier, a Methodist minister, and his wife, Elizabeth Hallimond.
- He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Trinity College, Oxford, where he gained a first class degree in Classics (1900). After leaving Oxford he spent a year as a schoolmaster in Knaresborough, before abandoning teaching for journalism, joining first The Times and then the Manchester Guardian in 1903.
- He made an impression with his critical analysis of the case for tariff reform, and quickly came to the attention of the Guardian's then editor, C.
- P.
- Scott, who, recognising Crozier's potential, made him his right-hand man at the paper in charge of news gathering.
- In 1912 Crozier was made news editor and in 1918 military critic.
- He also later served as foreign editor.
- Under Scott, Crozier reorganized the Guardian's foreign news service, increased the use of photographs and maps, encouraged new features and introduced the daily crossword in 1929.
- He also developed a deep commitment to Zionism and became "the leading advocate in the daily press of a Jewish national home." (Morris) Crozier was made a member of the Manchester Guardian's board and was appointed editor in April 1932 after the death of Edward Taylor Scott.
- Crozier's appointment was in part intended to guarantee editorial continuity, and he maintained a close control over the paper, frequently contributing leading articles and editorials.
- Foreign news had always been Crozier's chief interest and his editorship coincided with the establishment of the National Socialist regime in Germany and the Second World War.
- Working closely with his friend and sometime German correspondent, F.
- A.
- Voigt, Crozier "considered it no less than his duty personally and persistently to expose the Nazis" (Morris) and he pursued this policy with a crusading zeal until the very end.
- In the late 1930s his health became increasingly frail and he suffered from a perforated ulcer in 1936.
- In June 1936 he was elected to serve on the Liberal Party Council.
- In 1943 he was diagnosed with the heart condition which proved ultimately to be fatal. Crozier died at his Manchester home on 16 April 1944, aged 64.
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