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Matthew Henry Halton (September 7, 1904 – December 3, 1956) was a Canadian television journalist, most famous as a foreign correspondent for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation during World War II. Born in Pincher Creek, Alberta, Halton attended teachers college in Calgary and taught school for several years before attending the University of Alberta, where he gained experience reporting and editing for ''The Gateway''. He subsequently went to London, England to study at King's College London and at the London School of Economics, writing extensively on European affairs for Canadian newspapers. He briefly returned to Canada in 1931, but then returned to Europe as a correspondent for the ''Toronto Star''. He covered such issues as the rise of Nazism in Germany, the Spanish Civil War and the Winter War; with the Munich Crisis of 1938, he began filing reports for CBC Radio as well. Halton was briefly reassigned to the ''Star'' In 1956, Halton received an honorary doctorate from the University of Alberta. He died several months later, following stomach surgery. Halton's son David later became CBC Television's chief political correspondent. His daughter Kathleen married influential British theatre critic Kenneth Tynan, and later established her own career as a writer. (Matthew Halton High School ) in Halton’s home town of Pincher Creek, Alberta is named after him. ==External links== * (Matthew Halton biography at the Canadian Communications Foundation ) * (Matthew Halton profile at CBC archives ) 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「Matthew Halton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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