John Maurice Shaftesley
John Maurice Shaftesley Order of the [British Empire|OBE] was an English journalist and writer, and editor of The [Jewish Chronicle] from 1946 to 1958.
Educated at Salford [Grammar School], he soon began a career in journalism. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1956.
He was the uncle of American volcanologist David Richardson.