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Persona
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Robertson, Samuel S.
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Fechas de existencia
1905 - 1941
Historia
Samuel S. Robertson was war correspondent during the Second World War. Born in 1905 in Glasgow, Scotland, he joined the Canadian Press in 1918 at the age of 13, as a night messenger. In 1931, he was placed in charge of the CP night desk, and in 1937, became the CP superintendent in New York. In 1939, he travelled to the United Kingdom to be a war correspondent and CP London Superintendent. He was killed in May 1941 in a U-boat attack off the coast of Ireland, while aboard the SS Nerissa.