George Antonius
(1891 - 1941)
Palestinian writer and politician; Greek-Orthodox Christian
of Lebanese origin; born in
1891 in Cairo; graduate from Cambridge University in 1913; Deputy Press
Censor in Alexandria during World War I; came to Palestine in 1921 and
started civil service career in the Educa tion Department (1921) and
the Secretariat (1927) of the British Mandate Executive; obtained Palestinian
Citizenship in 1925; advisor to the Mufti; resigned from British service
in 1930 in protest over British discrimination policy against Palestinians;
began his work as Middle Eastern associate of C.R. Crane's Institute
of Current World Affairs, New York; appeared before the Peel
commission (1936-37); author of The Arab Awakening (London:
Hamish Hamilton, 1938) a classic work on Arab nationalism; member of
the Palestinian delegation at the London Conference, St. James's Palace,
February 1939, functioning as secretary to the Palestinian delegation
and Secretary General to the united Arab delegation; died in Jerusalem on December 27, 1941.
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