Name Walter Taplin | Died 1986 | |
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Walter Taplin (1910–1986) was editor of The Spectator between 1953 and 1954.
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Taplin was born and educated in Southampton. He graduated at the University of Oxford and went straight into journalism. He also took the degree of Bachelor of Commerce at the University of London.
Taplin was on the staff of The Economist in 1939–40. He then worked during the war years in the Ministry of Food and Central Statistical Office. From 1946 he was on the staff of The Spectator. He also wrote much for the Information Research Department. In 1955 he had a temporary position at the BBC as a Talks Producer, then moved to the Iron and Steel Board, working as an economist to 1956. From 1957 to 1961 he was a Research Fellow of the London School of Economics, studying advertising. He then edited Accountancy (1961 to 1971) and Accounting and Business Research (1971 to 1975).