Catherine irvine gavin biography of michael jordan

Catherine Irvine Gavin (13 May 1907 – 27 December 1999) was a Scottish academic historian, war correspondent, and historical novelist.^[1]

Early life

Gavin was born in Aberdeen in 1907,^[2] and studied history and English at the University of Aberdeen, graduating with first-class honours.^[1] She completed doctoral work in 1931, with a doctoral thesis on Louis Philippe of France; her thesis was published in 1933.^[3]

Career

Gavin held positions as a history lecturer at Aberdeen and at the University of Glasgow.^[1] She stood unsuccessfully as a Unionist candidate in two parliamentary elections in the 1930s.^[1]

During World War II, she worked in France and the Netherlands for Kemsley Newspapers.^[1] She also wrote a biography of Edward VII, published in 1941.

She was a correspondent in the Middle East and Ethiopia after the war, for the Daily Express. After marriage, she worked a few years o