Geoffrey Crawley
Geoffrey Crawley (10 December 1926 – 29 October 2010) was a photographic expert and journalist, and was the editor in chief of British Journal of Photography for two decades. He was noted for exposing the photographs of the Cottingley Fairies taken in the early 20th century as a hoax. Crawley was born in 1926 in Bow in London, and moved with his parents to Southend-on-Sea when he was four years old, later moving to Leigh-on-Sea.
Geoffrey Crawley
- Born
- 1926
- Died
- 2010
- Nationality
- United Kingdom · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- photographer · journalist · editor
- Education
- Westcliff High School for Boys · Selwyn College
- Languages
- English
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Geoffrey Crawley (10 December 1926 – 29 October 2010) was a photographic expert and journalist, and was the editor in chief of British Journal of Photography for two decades. He was noted for exposing the photographs of the Cottingley Fairies taken in the early 20th century as a hoax. Crawley was born in 1926 in Bow in London, and moved with his parents to Southend-on-Sea when he was four years old, later moving to Leigh-on-Sea.
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Born in 1926, died in 2010.
Geoffrey Crawley studied at Westcliff High School for Boys and Selwyn College. The recorded working language is English.
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- 1.Fox, Margalit. Geoffrey Crawley, 83, Dies; Gently Deflated a Fairy Hoax. The New York Times. 6 November 2010.
- 2.Staff. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/science-obituaries/8115973/Geoffrey-Crawley.html "Geoffrey Crawley, who has died aged 83, was a scientific journalist specialising in photography and in 1982 exposed the world's longest-running photographic hoax – the myth of the so-called Cottingley Fairies."], The Daily Telegraph, November 7, 2010. accessed November 10, 2010.
- 3.Cheesman, Chris. Renowned Photography Scientist Geoffrey Crawley Dies. Amateur Photographer. 1 November 2010.
- 4.Bainbridge, Simon. Geoffrey Crawley, the world-esteemed former editor of British Journal of Photography, has died. British Journal of Photography. 1 November 2010.
- 5.Simanek, Donald E. "Arthur Conan Doyle, Spiritualism, and Fairies " , Lock Haven University, January 2009. Accessed November 8, 2010.
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