Frederick Ogilvie, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frederick Ogilvie

Director-General of the BBC

Date of Birth: 07-Feb-1893

Place of Birth: Valparaíso, Valparaíso Region, Chile

Date of Death: 10-Jun-1949

Profession: teacher

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Sir Frederick Wolff Ogilvie FRSE (7 February 1893 – 10 June 1949) was a British broadcasting executive and university administrator, who was Director-General of the BBC from 19 July 1938 to 26 January 1942, and was succeeded by joint Directors-General Cecil Graves and Robert W.
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He also served as Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast from 1925 to 1938.
He was knighted by King George VI on 10 June 1942.