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Cedric Belfrage

Cedric Belfrage, English-American journalist and author, co-founded the National Guardian (died 1990)

Born
November 8, 1904
Died
June 21, 1990
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1904

About Cedric Belfrage

Cedric Henning Belfrage was an English film critic, journalist, writer and political activist. He is best remembered as a co-founder of the radical US weekly National Guardian. Later Belfrage was referenced as a Soviet agent in the US intelligence Venona project, although it appears he had been working for British Security Co-ordination as a double agent. While still a Cambridge student, Belfrage began a writing career as a film critic, with a first article in Kinematograph Weekly in 1924. In 1948, Belfrage co-founded, together with James Aronson and John T. Belfrage returned to the US for the first time in 1973, touring around the country with to promote his new book, The American Inquisition.

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Cedric Belfrage timeline

  1. While still a Cambridge student, Belfrage began a writing career as a film critic, with a first article in Kinematograph Weekly in 1924.
  2. In 1948, Belfrage co-founded, together with James Aronson and John T.
  3. Belfrage returned to the US for the first time in 1973, touring around the country with to promote his new book, The American Inquisition.

The world when Cedric Belfrage was born

Cedric Belfrage was born in 1904. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1904

  • Best-selling book"The Crossing" – Winston Churchill

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Olympic Games in the Americas (St. Louis)
  • Top headlineRusso-Japanese War begins
  • Technology milestoneNew York subway opens
  • World population~1.64B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population81.8M

1904 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Cedric Belfrage's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19042026
Population81.8M341 million

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