John Martin Douglas Pringle (1912–1999)
John Pringle, c.1960s
Courtesy of The Canberra Times/ACM
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- Trove search
- Review of Australian Accent, Canberra Times 22 November 1958, 13
- Review of memoirs, Canberra Times, 14 December 1973, 17
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Citation details
'Pringle, John Martin Douglas (1912–1999)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/pringle-john-martin-douglas-35318/text, accessed 18 July 2026.
John Pringle, c.1960s
Courtesy of The Canberra Times/ACM
Life Summary [details]
Birth
28 June,
1912
Hawick,
Roxburghshire,
Scotland
Death
4 December,
1999
(aged 87)
Darlinghurst, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
Cause of Death
Cultural Heritage
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Education
Occupation or Descriptor
- autobiographer/memoirist
- biographer
- essayist
- foreign correspondent
- journalist
- newspaper editor
- television presenter