Harry evans biography

British journalist and writer (–)

For other people named Harold Evans, see Harold Evans (disambiguation).

Sir Harold Matthew Evans (28 June &#;&#; 23 September ) was a British-American journalist and writer.

In his career in his native Britain, he was editor of The Sunday Times from to , and its sister title The Times for a year from , before being forced out of the latter post by Rupert Murdoch.^[3] While at The Sunday Times, he led the newspaper's campaign to seek compensation for mothers who had taken the morning sickness drug thalidomide, which led to their children having severely deformed limbs.

In , he and his wife Tina Brown moved to the United States where he became an American citizen, retaining dual nationality. He held positions in journalism with U.S. News & World Report, The Atlantic Monthly, and the New York Daily News.

In , he founded Condé Nast Traveller.^[4] He wrote books on history and journalism, such