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Robert Spiers Benjamin

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Robert Spiers Benjamin (17 August 1917–20 September 2009) was a 20th-century journalist.[1] He was a founding member of the Overseas Press Club. Following his death, the club named an award in his memory for 'Best reporting in any medium on Latin America'.[2]

He wrote and edited several books[3]

As a child, he was a boy scout.[4]

References

  1. ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E6DF1E3AF934A1575AC0A96F9C8B63
  2. ^ https://www.opcofamerica.org/news/2012-citation-recipients
  3. ^ http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ABenjamin%2C+Robert+Spiers%2C&qt=hot_author
  4. ^ Robert Spiers Benjamin, ed., Call to Adventure: True Tales of Adventures Set Down by the Men who Actually Experienced Them. London; Sydney: George G. Harrap & Co., 1935.