H. Montgomery Hyde (1907–1989)
Author of Famous Trials 7: Oscar Wilde
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- Canonical name
- Hyde, H. Montgomery
- Legal name
- Hyde, Harford Montgomery
- Birthdate
- 1907-08-14
- Date of death
- 1989-08-10
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Northern Ireland
UK - Country (for map)
- UK
- Birthplace
- Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- Places of residence
- Tenterden, Kent, England, UK
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
London, England, UK - Education
- University of Oxford (Magdalen College)
Queen's University Belfast - Occupations
- barrister
politician
writer - Relationships
- James, Henry (cousin)
- Organizations
- House of Commons
British Army Intelligence Corps
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- Works
- 48
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 1,021
- Popularity
- #25,226
- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
- 8
- ISBNs
- 70
- Languages
- 3
With headquarters in New York at 630 Fifth Avenue, Room 3603, the organization known as the British Security Coordination, or B.S.C., was the keystone of the successful
Anglo-American partnership in the field of secret intelligence, counterespionage and “special operations.”
The man chosen by Sir Winston Churchill to set up and direct this crucial effort was Sir William Stephenson. A fighter pilot in the First World War, he had become a millionaire before he was thirty through his invention of the device for transmitting photographs by wireless. The late General Bill Donovan, director of the Office of Strategic Services, said of him; “Bill Stephenson taught us all we ever knew about ...… (more)