Frederick Ogilvie

Frederick Ogilvie

Sir Frederick Wolff Ogilvie (7 February 1893 – 10 June 1949) was Director-General of the BBC from 19 July 1938 (aged 45) to 26 January 1942, and was succeeded by joint Directors-General Cecil Graves and Robert W. Foot. He was knighted on 10 June 1942.

Before joining the BBC, he was Professor of Political Economy and Vice-Chancellor of the Queen's University of Belfast. He became Principal of Jesus College, Oxford in 1946.

He had lost his left arm serving in the First World War.

References

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/heritage/more/pdfs/director_generals.pdf BBC document on past Directors-General]
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,800412,00.html Death announced in "Time"]


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