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Alexander Arthur Josey (3 April 1910 to 15 October 1986) was a British journalist, political writer and commentator, biographer, and during WWII and the Malayan Emergency, a propagandist. He is best known for his biographies on the former Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, as well as other political writings, such as; Democracy in Singapore : the 1970 by elections, Socialism in Asia, and Trade unionism in Malaya. Born in Poole, England, he was an avid writer from an early age. He was also an avid cyclist, and was a founding member of The Peddle Club and resurrected the Poole Wheelers Club.〔("THE PEDAL CLUB – A Souvenir History of the First Twenty-one Years" ), "The Pedal Club website", accessed 12 December 2010.〕 He became Assistant Editor of Cycling and wrote the 12th edition of the Cycling Manual and Year Book. During WWII he was in charge of psychological warfare in Cairo and Palestine. After the war, he was in charge of psychological warfare against the terrorists during The Malayan Emergency. He was employed by Radio Malaya and later Radio Singapore as a political commentator and Controller of News. He wrote over twenty political novels and wrote many political articles on Singapore and Malaysia for various Singapore and international newspapers and journals. He became a good friend of Lee Kuan Yew who later became the Prime Minister of Singapore. He was the first foreign correspondent to be kicked out of Singapore (then part of Malaysia) by the Malaysian government. He returned to Singapore after its independence from Malaysia and became Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's Press Secretary for 10 years, and biographer and public relations officer. He later became the Publications Manager of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce (SICC) before being crippled by Parkinson's disease. Although planning to return to England due to the high cost of his medicine, he died aged 76 on 15 October 1986 at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore. His ashes are kept at the Singapore Casket, 131 Lavender Street, Singapore. == Early life == In 1915–1923 Alex attended South Road Elementary School〔(A Catalogue of the papers of Alexander Arthur Josey ) "The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick Library, UK"〕 in Poole and left school at age 14. He initially gained worked in a factory, but in 1926 the factory joined the (National Strike), and so he decided to instead go in pursuit of his real objective which was writing and joined the local newspaper as a reporter〔 working as a journalist on the Poole Herald and the Bournemouth Times.〔 In 1926 he left for London and about the same time became a member of the Labour Party although he described himself as a very early socialist. The same year he resurrected the Poole Wheelers Club along with his brother Cyril and became its Vice-President.〔 He was still involved with them as late as 1940.〔(Hampshire Road Club 25, 25 August 1940 cycling times ), in Archives of "Cycling Time Trials South District website", accessed 16 December 2010〕 He was a member of the Road Racing Council 1926–1937 and the Road Time Trials Council 1937–43 of which he was National Secretary.〔 He was a founding member of The Pedal Club in 1941 and the next year became Assistant Editor of "Cycling" magazine under H. H. England,〔 where he is credited as having written the 12th edition of the Cycling Manual and Year Book.〔 He was a keen collector of books and papers of historical interest on cycling,〔 his collection archived at the University of Warwick library. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alex Josey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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