Harold Williams (linguist)
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Harold Whitmore Williams was a New Zealand journalist, foreign editor of The Times and polyglot who is considered to have been one of the most accomplished polyglots in history. He is said to have kno
Williams in c. 1920
Williams as a young man
George Buchanan (diplomat)
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Sir George William Buchanan, was a British diplomat. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, he was the youngest son of the diplomat Sir Andrew Buchanan, 1st Baronet and Frances, daughter of the Very Rev Edward
Harold Williams (linguist)
…vision, leading to him becoming the chief source of information for the British Embassy. He also became chief confidant to the British Ambassador Sir George Buchanan. Williams and Ariadna assisted the young Arthur Ransome when he arrived in Russia, as Williams thought he had the making of a good journalist and became…
Sir George Buchanan
Miss Meriel Buchanan in The Graphic, c1916, by Mr Bulla of Petrograd.